Re: There's work, and then there's work

[Bob LaMontagne <rlamont@POSTOFFICE.PROVIDENCE.EDU>]

David Rutherford wrote:

> I claim that the results of the calorimetry may be due to the energy of
> the positive atoms, not the free electrons. So if you combine the
> results of the "current experiment" that you described, which only gives
> the energy of the free electrons, with the calorimetry experiment, you
> get 1/2 CV^2 + 1/2 CV^2 = CV^2 for the total energy stored in the
> capacitor.
>
> I'm not claiming that either one of the experiments, alone, will give
> CV^2, but why couldn't you combine both experiments together in the same
> experiment? That is, do the calorimetry experiment and the current
> experiment at the same time, using the same circuit, and combine the
> results of the two measurements.

Try it and report back.

Bob at PC