Complete Cycle Experiments Using the Adiabatic Gas Law Apparatus

• Autores: Mickey Kutzner, Mateja Plantak
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 52, Nº. 7, 2014, pág. 418
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The ability of our society to make informed energy-usage decisions in the future depends partly on current science and engineering students retaining a deep understanding of the thermodynamics of heat engines. Teacher imaginations and equipment budgets can both be taxed in the effort to engage students in hands-on heat engine activities. The experiments described in this paper, carried out using the Adiabatic Gas Law Apparatus1 (AGLA), quantitatively explore popular complete cycle heat engine processes.