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SS2: PHYSICS - 2ND TERM

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  1. Mechanical Energy & Machines | Week 1
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  2. Temperature & its Measurement I | Week 2
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  3. Temperature & its Measurement II | Week 3
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  4. Heat Energy Measurement | Week 4
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  5. Latent Heat I | Week 5
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  6. Latent Heat of Vaporisation | Week 6
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  7. Vapour Pressure | Week 7
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  8. Gas Laws | Week 8
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  • Gas Thermometer

A constant-volume gas thermometer consists of a bulb containing a gas (Hydrogen or Helium). The bulb is usually connected by a narrow glass tube tubing to a mercury manometer.

gas therm31

In setting up, if the mercury levels are equal the volume of gas in the bulb will be equal to the atmospheric pressure.

When the bulb is heated, the gas in the bulb expands, forcing the mercury down tube B and up tube A.

 

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