[Virginia Tech Department of Physics]

Revised 07/18/2016

Physics 2305 Laboratory Equipment List

Lab 9: Thermal Physics

Billy

Transition notes:

  1. The following items from the previous lab (2305 lab 8) can stay:
    • 90cm Rod

Equipment List:

  1. 850 Interface
  2. Rotary Motion Sensor
  3. 2 x Temperature Sensor
  4. Gas Law Apparatus
  5. Aluminum Can
  6. Gas Can Stopper
  7. Tygon Tubing
  8. Rod - 90cm
  9. A - Base
  10. Hanging Mass Set
  11. with the following masses:
    • 1 x Hanging mass - 5g Pasco
    • 1 x Hanging mass - 10g Pasco
    • 2 x Hanging mass - 20g Pasco
    • 2 x Hanging mass - 50g Pasco
    • 1 x Hanging mass - 100g Pasco
    • 2 x Hanging mass - 200g Pasco
    • 1 x Hanging mass - 500g Pasco
  12. Mass hanger - 5g (The 50g mass hangers will work as long as the RMS is positioned high enough).
  13. Steam Generator
  14. Power Cord for the steam generator
  15. 2 x Styrofoam Cup - Large
  16. Plastic cup
  17. Ice Melt Block - Plastic
  18. Ice Melt Block - Metal
  19. 2 x O-Ring - Black
  20. Handheld IR Thermometer

General Class use :

  1. 5 gallon container of de-ionized water (one per quadrant) (A3.2)
  2. Cooler with ice (one per quadrant) (A3.1)
  3. 2 x Fire Piston Apparatus per quad on tables in the middle of the room. Put and equal number on the spares cart.
  4. For each Fire Piston put out:
    • Gun Cotton
    • Fire Piston Pokey Stick
    • Tube Lube
    • Ruler Metric - 30cm
An image of the Gas Law Apparatus set up

This is what your table should look like once set up

Additional Images below:

The General class setup.

There should be A DI container with a bucket below for catching Drips,

a cooler (Should be one of the yellow ones) with ice, and the Fire piston setup

A lower image of the full table set up

The fire piston, pokey stick, and gun cotton

Fire Pistons Don't let Will forget them!!!!