Cooling balloons with liquid nitrogen

Autores
Moreno, Alejandro Javier; Ferrari, Hernan Javier; Bekeris, Victoria Isabel
Año de publicación
2010
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
We present an undergraduate level experiment in which the radius of a rubber balloon is measured as it is cooled with liquid nitrogen. For balloons filled with simple gases that condense at liquid nitrogen temperatures, we found that the volume decreases linearly with time. We compared our measurements with a simplified model based on elementary kinetic theory and thermodynamics that explains this behavior. Students are encouraged to test the validity of the model by repeating the experiment using gas mixtures and gases that do not condense at liquid nitrogen temperatures. © 2010 American Association of Physics Teachers.
Fil: Moreno, Alejandro Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Ferrari, Hernan Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Bekeris, Victoria Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Materia
Cooling
gases
liquid nitrogen
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acceso abierto
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cooling balloons with liquid nitrogen
title Cooling balloons with liquid nitrogen
spellingShingle Cooling balloons with liquid nitrogen
Moreno, Alejandro Javier
Cooling
gases
liquid nitrogen
title_short Cooling balloons with liquid nitrogen
title_full Cooling balloons with liquid nitrogen
title_fullStr Cooling balloons with liquid nitrogen
title_full_unstemmed Cooling balloons with liquid nitrogen
title_sort Cooling balloons with liquid nitrogen
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Moreno, Alejandro Javier
Ferrari, Hernan Javier
Bekeris, Victoria Isabel
author Moreno, Alejandro Javier
author_facet Moreno, Alejandro Javier
Ferrari, Hernan Javier
Bekeris, Victoria Isabel
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Bekeris, Victoria Isabel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cooling
gases
liquid nitrogen
topic Cooling
gases
liquid nitrogen
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We present an undergraduate level experiment in which the radius of a rubber balloon is measured as it is cooled with liquid nitrogen. For balloons filled with simple gases that condense at liquid nitrogen temperatures, we found that the volume decreases linearly with time. We compared our measurements with a simplified model based on elementary kinetic theory and thermodynamics that explains this behavior. Students are encouraged to test the validity of the model by repeating the experiment using gas mixtures and gases that do not condense at liquid nitrogen temperatures. © 2010 American Association of Physics Teachers.
Fil: Moreno, Alejandro Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Ferrari, Hernan Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Bekeris, Victoria Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
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