PIRA 4D30.10 Cenco Kinetic Theory Apparatus

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Instructions / Notes:

• Small plastic spheres are confined to a cylinder by a piston whose motion is damped by the attached copper sheet sliding through a magnet.
  
• The bottom of the piston is a variable speed rotor which kicks around the spheres.
  
• Turn on the motor. As you turn up the speed the spheres will drive the piston upward.
  
• A small mass can be added to the piston to show the effect of increased "pressure" on the "molecules".
  

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Photo shows demonstration used by The University of Texas at Austin

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