General Physics for Bio-Science Majors 171.103

Notes by Collin Broholm

for lecture given 11/24/97

 
• Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature
  • Thermal equilibrium and the definition of temperature
    • Example of ideal gas thermometer
    • Other types of thermometers
  • Equation of state for ideal gas
    • Cooling balloons
    • Avagadro's number and the gas constant
    • Number of gas molecules in auditorium
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