Tyndall's Friction Cylinder
From UO Physics Demonstration Catalog
Return to Heat and the First Law
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
