Carolina® Heat System Physics Kit

Product Code: 751169

Description

Grade 11–College. The Carolina® Heat System Physics Kit comes with 54 components, including all the thermometers, beakers, tubes, and vessels needed to investigate core concepts in introductory thermodynamics. Kit has enough material for 1 group of 2 to 4 students to perform all the activities. Kit components come in a metal ballistics case with high-density foam inserts for easy storage and long life. A hot plate and general lab equipment are needed but not supplied.

The included experiment guide covers 15 activities:

  • Psychrometry
  • The Hot Tea Problem: Newton’s Law of Cooling
  • Specific Heat of Several Metals
  • Specific Heat of Water
  • Expansion of Water
  • Heat of Fusion
  • Linear Expansion of a Solid
  • Phase Transitions and Cooling Curves
  • Heat Conduction in a Rod
  • Convective Heat Transfer
  • Pulse Glass
  • Expansion of Gas
  • Expansion of Liquid
  • The Thermocouple
  • The Thermostat