A New Way to Demonstrate the Radiometer as a Heat Engine

• Autores: V.I. Hladkouski, A.I. Pinchuk
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 53, Nº. 2, 2015, pág. 109
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • While the radiometer is readily available as a toy, A. E. Woodruff notes that it is also a very useful tool to help us understand how to resolve certain scientific problems. Many physicists think they know how the radiometer works, but only a few actually understand it.1 Here we present a demonstration that shows that a radiometer can be thought of as a heat engine.