EDUCATIONAL KIT -

HEAT
Mod. KF-TE/EV
EK

DESCRIPTION
Educational kit with handbook for guiding teacher and students
in carrying out more than 20 experiments concerning heat.

EXPERIMENTS
HEAT AND TEMPERATURE. THERMOMETRY
• Difference between heat and temperature
• Calibrating a thermometer

THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM. CALORIMETRY

• Thermal equilibrium
PHYSICS

• Heat capacity
• Water equivalent of a calorimeter
• Determining the specific heat of a solid
• Determining the specific heat of a liquid
• Heating curves of liquids THERMODYNAMICS
• Spontaneous process. Reaction of an acid with a metal
EXPANSION OF SOLIDS AND OF LIQUIDS • Exothermic and endothermic reactions
• Linear expansion of solids. Measuring the coefficient of linear
• Solubility equilibrium
expansion
• Heat of acid/base reaction
• Cubic expansion of solids
• Enthalpy of neutralization
• Expansion of liquids. Measuring the coefficient of apparent
• Enthalpy of heat of combustion reaction
expansion
• Anomalous expansion of water
COMPONENTS
• Observing the expansion of gases
• Gas laws. Boyle’s/Mariotte’s law, Charles’s law, Gay-Lussac’s law Calorimeter; Heat conduction apparatus; Weighing scale for
evaporation; Actinometer; Dilatometer with scale and support
PHASE TRANSITIONS for expansion tubes; Analog ammeter; Gravesande’s thermal
• Phase transition of water
ring; Heat conduction apparatus with 5 rods; Ring with rod
• Melting curve of ice
(diameter of 8 cm); Weighing scale; Supporting base; 100-
• Fusion and solidification graph of naphthalene
ml porcelain capsule; 1 aluminium cylinder with hook; 1 iron
• Latent heat of fusion
cylinder with hook; 1 digital chronometer; 1 dropper; 1 glass
• Latent heat of vaporization of water
funnel of 75 ml; 1 test-tube rack; 1 wire with hook; 1 U-shaped
• Mixture of ice and salt
gauge with support; 1 flask of 250 ml; 1 gas burner with
• Separating substances by distillation
cartridge; 1 windmill for turbine; 3 double chucks; 1 sheet of
• Sublimation of naphthalene
graph paper; 1 clip for burette; 1 semiautomatic gripper; 1
• Evaporation
wooden clip for test tubes; 1 pipette of 10 ml; 1 graduated test
HEAT PROPAGATION tube of 250 ml; 1 graduated ruler; 1 wire gauze of fiber glass;
• Heat propagation by conduction Lid with double hole; Lid with single hole; 2 thermometers with
• Heat propagation by convection range of -10 to 110 °C; 1 thermometer with range of -10 to
• Heat propagation by radiation. Measurement of radiant energy 110 °C; 1 thermocouple; 3 test tubes with size of 150 x 18; 1
• Interactions among systems at different temperatures silicone hose; 1 glass tube; 1 straight capillary glass tube (size:
• Heat absorbed by substances 1 x 6 x 600 mm); 1 straight capillary glass tube (size: 1 x 6 x 300
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ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS
• Converting heat into mechanical energy. Heat engine.
• Converting electric energy into heat
• Converting heat into electric energy. Thermocouples.
mm); Expansion rods of aluminium, iron and of copper; 1 glass
rod for stirring; 1 metallic rod with hook for windmill and for
thermometer; 2 rods having to be inserted in the base; 1 low
beaker of 500 ml; 2 low beakers of 250 ml; 2 watch glasses of
60 mm; 1 analog voltmeter; Handbook

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