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Home » Lecture Demonstration Manual » 3. Matter and Thermodynamics » D. Thermodynamics

Table of Contents

  • 1. Mechanics
  • 2. Harmonic Motion, Waves and Sound
  • 3. Matter and Thermodynamics
    • A. Fluids
    • B. Heat and Temperature
    • C. Matter
    • D. Thermodynamics
      • 10. Boiling by Cooling
      • 20. Brownian Motion
      • 30. Cooling by Evaporation
      • 40. Heat Engines
      • 50. Laws of Thermodynamics
      • 60. Liquid Helium Film
      • 70. Molecular Motion
      • 80. Ruchardt's Cp/Cv Measurement
  • 4. Electricity and Magnetism
  • 5. Light and Optics
  • 6. Modern Physics
  • 7. Astronomy
  • 8. Software and Multimedia
  • 9. Index and code conversion from older manual
  • External Resources

80. Ruchardt's Cp/Cv Measurement

With this apparatus, a ball is bounced on air. From the period of oscillation the ratio Cp/Cv can be calculated. Instructions and method of calculation are available.

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