Difference between revisions of "Tyndall's Friction Cylinder"
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A metal tube is mounted on a rotator and the wooden clamp closed tightly around it. Alcohol or water is placed in the tube and the tube is corked. When the tube is spun, the heat generated by friction with the clamp heats the water until the vapor pressure shoots the cork out explosively. | A metal tube is mounted on a rotator and the wooden clamp closed tightly around it. Alcohol or water is placed in the tube and the tube is corked. When the tube is spun, the heat generated by friction with the clamp heats the water until the vapor pressure shoots the cork out explosively. | ||
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Description:
A metal tube is mounted on a rotator and the wooden clamp closed tightly around it. Alcohol or water is placed in the tube and the tube is corked. When the tube is spun, the heat generated by friction with the clamp heats the water until the vapor pressure shoots the cork out explosively.
Location:
- Drawer 54
