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PiP Feb 2015


I2-28: WATER BALLOON AND CANDLE

Purpose: To demonstrate the transfer of heat by water

I4-17: AIR BALLOON ON LIQUID NITROGEN

Purpose: Demonstrate dramatically that the volume of vapor is greater than the volume of the same amount of liquid.

I4-16: DRINKING BIRD

Purpose: Stimulate thought about heat exchange and liquid-vapor phase transitions.

I4-14: CHANGE OF STATE WITH BANG

Purpose: Demonstrate that the volume of a gas is much greater than the volume of the same amount of liquid.

I3-04: GALILEAN THERMOMETER

Category: I3 Gases

Purpose: Illustrate a very heat-sensitive device.

I2-44: CONVECTION - CANDLE IN CYLINDER

Purpose: Demonstrate the mechanism of convection.

I2-43: CONVECTION - HOT PLATE

Purpose: See convection currents.

I1-61: DUST EXPLOSION

Purpose: Produce a dust explosion.

I1-18: BIMETALLIC STRIP THERMOMETERS

Purpose: Allow students to see how bimetallic strips are used in thermometers and thermostats.

I1-17: THERMOSTAT - MODEL

Purpose: Model of use of a bimetal strip in a thermostat.

L3-18: FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES - OVERHEAD PROJECTOR

Category: L3 Curved Mirrors

Purpose: Illustrate focusing of heat in a very dramatic way.

I1-63: HYDROGEN EXPLOSION

Purpose: Produce a hydrogen explosion

C5-17: ROCKET BOTTLE

Purpose: Illustrate the rocket principle in a dramatic way

L3-14 LARGE CONCAVE MIRROR (60cm)

Category: L3 Curved Mirrors

Purpose: Shows types of images from a concave mirror

I5-22 FIRE SYRINGE

Purpose: Demonstrates heating air by compression

I4-31 ICE BOMB

Purpose: Demonstrates forces created by freezing water

I4-15 CONDENSATION OF STEAM - GALLON CAN COLLAPSE

Purpose: Illustrates forces produced by the pressure drop when steam condenses into water

I3-33 HELIUM BALLOON ON LIQUID NITROGEN

Category: I3 Gases

Purpose: Demonstrates how a gas contracts when cooled

I2-22 THERMODYNAMICS BY TOUCH

Purpose: Demonstrates that touching a material tells something about its conductivity, not necessarily its temperature

I2-21 THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY IN METALS

Purpose: Demonstrates thermal conductivity in various metals
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