College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Heat & Fluids
Surface Tension
Force of Surface Tension
Minimal Surface
Capillary Action
Surface Tension Propulsion
Statics of Fluids
Static Pressure
Atmospheric Pressure
Measuring Pressure
Density and Buoyancy
Siphons, Fountains, Pumps
Dynamics of Fluids
Flow Rate
Forces in Moving Fluids
Viscosity
Turbulent and Streamline Flow
Vortices
Non-Newtonian Fluids
Thermal Properties of Matter
Thermometry
Liquid Expansion
Solid Expansion
Properties of Material at Low Temperatures
Heat and the First Law
Heat Capacity and Specific Heat
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
Heat Transfer Application
Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
Adiabatic Processes
Change of State
PVT Surfaces
Phase Changes: Liquid - Solid
Phase Changes: Liquid - Gas
Cooling by Evaporation
Dew Point and Humidity
Vapor Pressure
Sublimation
Phase Changes: Solid - Solid
Critical Point
Kinetic Theory
Brownian Motion
Mean Free Path
Kinetic Motion
Molecular Dimensions
Diffusion and Osmosis
Gas Law
Constant Pressure
Constant Temperature
Constant Volume
Entropy and the Second Law
Entropy
Heat Cycles
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