Physics Demo Manual

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Thermal Properties Of Matter: Thermometer Collection; Liquid Crystal; Absolute Zero; video - Thermal Expansion; LN2 - Thermal Effects on Solids and Gases
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Thermometer Collection

Purpose:

To demonstrate various kind of thermometers and physical principles allowing to measure temperature.

Procedure:

Our collection includes but is not limited to regular mercury or alcohol expansion thermometers, show and tell bimetallic strip thermostats w/ mercury switches, gas ball (using ideal gas law and pressure measurement to deduce the temperature), thermistors (resistance strongly dependent on temperature materials, usually w/ negative coefficient), bi-metal thermocouples (voltage difference dependent on temperature) etc.