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Oss, S.; Gratton, L. M.; Calza, G.; Lopez-Arias, T. – European Journal of Physics, 2012
The well-known experiment of the rapid expansion and cooling of the air contained in a bottle is performed with a rapidly responsive, yet very cheap thermometer. The adiabatic, low temperature limit is approached quite closely and measured with our apparatus. A straightforward theoretical model for this process is also presented and discussed.…
Descriptors: Physics, Climate Control, Science Instruction, Science Experiments