An improved apparatus for demonstrating first- and second-order phase transitions: Ball bearings on a rotating hoop.

Autor: Mancuso, Richard V., Schreiber, Guy A., Dunham, Jeffrey S.
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Zdroj: American Journal of Physics; Apr2005, Vol. 73 Issue 4, p366-367, 2p, 2 Black and White Photographs
Abstrakt: Proposes an apparatus that claims to be an improvement on a working mechanical model for first- and second-order phase transitions described in an earlier paper. Use of golf balls rolling in the U-shaped channel of a circular track mounted so that it could be rotated about either vertical axis; Modification of the toy called The Grove Tube.
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