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Thermals
A collection of practicals on air pressure changes due to heat.
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Thermal Expansion
Description and diagrams explaining how to calculate thermal expansion.
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Thermal Effects and Devices
Site links a wide variety of resources both commercial and educational, relating to thermal science and technology. A diverse site with components that would be of use to every age range from College ...
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Firewalking Myth vs Physics
A quirky example of heat insulation appealing to school pupils. It emphasises the difference between thermal energy and temperature. Includes video clips.
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Answer to a question about thermal conductivity
A very specific area of the MadSci website, where a physicist responds to the question 'What causes different metals to conduct heat at different rates?'
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Invisible Light - Thermal Imaging
The site gives a short history of imaging, including some of the latest developments. Of interest to photographers as well as of direct use for physics students.
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Temperature and Thermal Properties
Good revision guide aimed at UK A level standard, covers topics such as temperature scales, heat capacity, gas laws etc.
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Equipartition Of Energy
The theorem of equipartition of energy states that molecules in thermal equilibrium have the same average energy associated with each independent degree of freedom of their motion.
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Wilhelm Rontgen
Wilhelm Rontgen (1845 - 1913) first work was on the specific heats of gases and the thermal conductivity of crystals. Among other problems he studied were the electrical characteristics of quartz; ...
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Java Applets for Statistical and Thermal Physics
Provides access to java applets that enable simulations of statistical events to be explored.
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