2B20.60 - Work Done by a Piston - Jack

See paragraph one in the procedure section
Code Number:
2B20.60
Demo Title:
Work Done by a Piston - Jack
Condition:
Excellent
Principle:
Force and Pressure
Area of Study:
Heat & Fluids
Equipment:
Hydraulic jack, Stand for jack, Boards (1 & 2 inches), Plexiglas demo jack.
Procedure:

Some new boards will have to be cut when needed. 2 X 4's seem to work the best. Clamp the jack stand very securely to the table.  

The demo jack is used only to show the height differential between the two pistons.  Any real pressure applied to the system will break the Plexiglas seals.  Lubricate the small piston o-rings with Vaseline before each use.

References:
  • Albert A. Bartlett, "The Hydrostatic Paradox Revisited", TPT, Vol. 35, # 5, p. 288- 289, May 1997.
  • Haym Kruglak, "Revisiting Pascal's Burst Barrel", TPT, Vol. 35, # 7, p. 388- 389, Oct. 1997.
  • Sidney E. Lang, "Pascal's Law Apparatus", TPT, Vol. 6, # 5, May 1968, p. 256.
  • David P. Jackson and Priscilla W. Laws, "Syringe Thermodynamics: The Many Uses of a Glass Syringe", AJP, Vol. 74, # 2, Feb. 2006.
  • Fb- 3,  Freier and Anderson,  A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.
  • George M. Hopkins, "Liquids--Pressures Exerted by Liquids", Experimental Science, p. 72.
  • Borislaw Bilash II, David Maiullo, "Battle of Two Syringes", A Demo a Day: A Year of Physics Demonstrations, p. 184.
  • Janice VanCleave, "101, Hydraulic Lift", Teaching the Fun of Physics, p. 151.
  • Curt Suplee, "Pascal's liquid assets", Everyday Science Explained, National Geographic, p. 48.
  • W. Bolton, "Formation of Bubbles", Book I - Properties of Materials, Physics Experiments and Projects, 1968, p. 23-24.
  • Tik L. Liem, "The Communicating Cylinders", Invitations to Science Inquiry - Supplement to 1st and 2nd Ed. p. 49.






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