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I3-11. Water Barometer - Bottle Collapse
Purpose
To demonstrate the press in a water column.
Equipment
Two 2-liter soda bottles filled with water connected by tubing.
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Description
Two plastic bottles are connected by a plastic tube and the entire system is mostly filled with water. Holding either of the two bottles up in the air causes that bottle to collapse.
References
Russell Akridge, Water Barometer, TPT 31, 110-111 (1993).
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See pagesi5. laws of thermodynamics
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See pagesi1. thermal properties of matter
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See pagesi2. transfer of heat
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See pagesi3. gases
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See pagesi4. changes of state
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See pagesi5. laws of thermodynamics
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