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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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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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Cooling of a melt
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Ice cracks cast iron ball
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Production of dry ice
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Frozen nitrogen
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Wire melts through block of ice
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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
Cooling of a melt
Experiment no.: 8.9.1
During melting and solidification of tin, the temperature remains constant until all of the tin is melted or solidified.
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Temperature curve measured 1
Temperature curve measured 2