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0 Mathematics
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1 Mechanics (point systems)
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2 Mechanics (rigid body)
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3 Continuum mechanics
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4 Relativity
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5 Oscillations and waves
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6 Electricity
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7 Quantum physics
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8 Thermodynamics
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8.1 Ideal gas, temperature
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8.2 First law of thermodynamics heat equivalent
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8.3 2nd law of thermody- namics, Carnot heat engine, adiabatic processes
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Malaysian fire pump
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Adiabatic expansion
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Hot-air/Stirling engine
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Hot-air/Stirling engine: Model
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Hot-air/Stirling engine: toy models
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Hot-air/Stirling engine: made of beverage cans
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Hot-air/Stirling engine: hand-warming machine
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Bicycle pump (heating by compression)
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Molecular ratchet as per Feynman
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Balls in urn – probability
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Entropy
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C
p
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measurement as per Rüchardt
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Perpetual motion
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Carnot cycle with Peltier cooler
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Overflow of bromine vapour
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Irreversible process with coloured balls
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Leidenfrost effect
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8.4 Real gases and phase transformations
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8.5 Thermal motion: noise and Brownian motion
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8.6 Transport phenomena: thermal conduction, diffusion, convection
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8.7 Technical thermodynamics: cryoengineering, power stations, heat pipes
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8.9 Phase transformations solid/liquid and gaseous/solid
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9 Properties of matter
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10 Nuclear and particle physics
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11 Special areas
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12 Instabilities and chaos
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13 Videos
Irreversible process with coloured balls
Experiment no.: 8.3.12
Balls separated by colour are mixed by stirring, but further stirring does not separate them again.
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