Re: [Phys-l] T dS versus dQ

[WC Maddox <maddox@physics.Auburn.EDU>]

From: WC Maddox

I have never had any problem getting a small but measurable ( ~ 1dec C) 
change in temperature due to "rapid" compression. Perhaps the unit I 
have has a more loosely fitting piston. Rapid is not all that fast. It 
takes ~30 sec for the pressure to increase from 0 to highest value  
marked on scale (30 N/sq cm). If you do not see a temperature increase 
you may want to risk raising the pressure above the highest marked 
value. Judging by the spacing of the pressure scale markings I can get 
the pressure up to ~40 without the apparatus exploding. Another reason 
for not noticing a temperature rise is that since the column is not 
heavily insulated the temperature starts dropping quickly once you stop 
the compression ( 0.5 deg in 7 sec).

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On 1/14/2010 11:03 PM, LaMontagne, Bob wrote:
> We use that apparatus in lab for some of our general physics sections. The screw is hard to turn and we have never been able to turn it fast enough to see a temperature change. For all intents, we give it to our students as a way of graphing P versus V when T is constant.
>
> Can you share how you manage to turn the screw that fast? I would love to add temperture to the lab as well.
>
> Maybe ours are just stiffer than yours to turn.
>
> Bob at PC
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> From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of WC Maddox [maddox@physics.Auburn.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:28 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Phys-l] T dS versus dQ
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> From: WC Maddox
>
> The experimentalists among those receiving these Tds vs dQ messages may
> want to show the temperature difference between slow pressure increase
> and rapid pressure increase by using the device shown here:
> http://www.arborsci.com/detail.aspx?ID=1157. It has a digital
> temperature display. If you turn the screw slowly you will not see a
> temperature change. If you turn the screw rapidly you get ~ 1 degree (C)
> increase for full travel of the piston. This is with the only insulation
> being the plastic tube. You can then demonstrate cooling during
> expansion by turning the screw the other way rapidly.
>
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