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2nd law of thermody- namics, Carnot heat engine, adiabatic processes

Malaysian fire pump
Adiabatic expansion
Hot-air/Stirling engine
Hot-air/Stirling engine: Model
Hot-air/Stirling engine: toy models
Revised since 07/24
Hot-air/Stirling engine: made of beverage cans
Hot-air/Stirling engine: hand-warming machine
Revised since 12/24
Bicycle pump (heating by compression)
Molecular ratchet as per Feynman
Revised since 03/24
Balls in urn – probability
Entropy
Cp/CV measurement as per Rüchardt
Perpetual motion
Carnot cycle with Peltier cooler
Overflow of bromine vapour
Irreversible process with coloured balls
Leidenfrost effect

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