Heat System

Heat System
Study thermodynamics with this compact and easy to use system
This system introduces basic concepts of thermodynamics and heat experiments. It provides a framework for
understanding and quantitatively assessing introductory thermodynamics questions and problems.
Laws and principles investigated
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Thermal radiation
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Boiling and condensation
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Calorimeter and Joule’s Law
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Dalton’s Law of partial pressures
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Equilibrium temperature of mixed liquids
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Evaporation of two different liquids
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Expansion of ice
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Thermometer’s time constant and fixed points of a thermometer
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Fourier’s Equation and Fourier’s Law
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Heat sensitivity and Locke’s Law
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Linear expansion of a solid
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Wet and dry bulb hygrometer, relative humidity, psychrometry and moisture content
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Newton’s law of heating or cooling
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Phase transition
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Pulse glass functioning principle
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Saturated and supersaturated solutions
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Different solution phenomena at different temperatures
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Specific Heat experiment
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Thermal agitation, conduction and expansion
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Thermostat and thermocouple
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Peltier–Seebeck effect
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List of the experiments detailed in the instructio
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Heat sensitivity and thermal equilibrium
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Measurement of the coefficient of volume expansion of water
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Fixed points of a thermometer
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Temperature measurement with a T type thermocouple
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Linear expansion of a solid
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Coefficient of expansions of iron and brass
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Example of the use of a thermostat
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Measurement of the boiling point of alcohol
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Boiling at below and above atmospheric pressure
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Measurement of the heat of evaporation of water
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The graph for the solidifying of paraffin
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Saturated and supersaturated solutions
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Wet and dry bulb hygrometer
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Expansion of air at constant pressure and volume
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Thermal convection in fluids
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Thermal conductivity of iron, brass, aluminium and copper
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Conduction of heat by water
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Absorption of thermal radiation
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Thermal insulation
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Construction of a simple Dewar vessel
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Heating different quantities of liquid
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Specific heat capacity of liquids and solid bodies
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Equilibrium temperature of mixed liquids
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Heat capacity of the calorimeter
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Conversion of mechanical energy into thermal energy
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Joule’s effect
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Expansion of ice
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Latent heat of fusion of ice
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Latent heat of vaporisation of water
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Evaporation of two different liquids
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Boiling point elevation
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