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The Stirling Engine
A simple stirling engine has two pistons, in contact with a sealed resevoir of gas. One piston is in contact with hot gas and the other with cooled gas. The heat energy is put into the system by ...
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One-dimensional one-atom gas
This is a very simple model of a gas. Here, a single atom bounces elastically in a one-dimensional cavity. It will continue to bounce at the same speed forever if the piston does not move.
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Welcome to the Pressure Chamber
In this series of experiments, you will control the action of a piston in a pressure chamber which is filled with an ideal gas. The gas is defined by four states: Temperature Volume or density ...
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