DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
4A10.00 | Thermometry | | |
4A10.10 | various thermometers | PIRA 500 | |
4A10.10 | various thermometers | H-2 | Show many different thermometers. |
4A10.12 | commercial apparatus | 25-1 | A listing of commercial apparatus for measuring temperature. |
4A10.13 | demonstration thermometer | AJP 29(6),368 | Review of the large dial Atomic Laboratories thermometer. |
4A10.15 | mercury thermometer | PIRA 1000 | |
4A10.15 | mercury thermometer | Ha-1 | Show various liquid thermometers. |
4A10.20 | Galileo's thermometer | PIRA 1000 | |
4A10.20 | Galileo's thermometer | AJP 59(1),90 | A set of glass spheroid buoys of varying density in a glass cylinder arranged so the lowest floating ball represents the temperature. History and sources. See AJP 57,845-846. |
4A10.25 | low temperature thermometers | H-96 | Measure temperatures with thermocouples or a pentane thermometer. |
4A10.30 | thermocouple | H-6 | The copper-constantan thermocouple and galvanometer as a lecture table thermometer. |
4A10.31 | thermocouples | H-7 | Make a thermocouple and demonstrate it if you are going to use it in thermoelectricity. |
4A10.35 | supersensitive thermometer | 25-2.5 | Directions for making a thermometer from a thermistor and transistor amplifier. |
4A10.40 | temperature sensitive paint | 25-2.3 | Directions for making temperature sensitive paint. |
4A10.42 | thermosensitive pigment | AJP 30(4),300 | Double iodide of mercury and silver (HgI2.2AgI) changes form yellow to red on heating. Several demos. |
4A10.45 | thermochromic cards | TPT 1(5),226 | Many demonstrations are discussed using thermochromic cards as temperature indicators. |
4A10.45 | Thermicon card | 26-3.5 | Many demonstrations are discussed making use of the Thermicon card. Pictures, Diagrams, Reference. |
4A10.50 | cholesteric liquid crystals | PIRA 1000 | |
4A10.50 | cholesteric liquid crystals | AJP 38(4),425 | Making liquid crystals for thermal mapping. |
4A10.50 | liquid crystal sheets | Disc 24-17 | Watch a liquid crystal thermometer change color. |
4A10.70 | pyrometry | H-8 | 1) Show the changes in color and brightness as a iron wire is heated. 2) Place a lamp on the focal plane of a projection lantern and vary the voltage so the filament appears darker and brighter than the background. |
4A10.90 | temperature ranges | H-1 | Prepare a large diagram several meters long ranging from 0 to 6000 K with points of interest indicated. |