PChem312 s22 w1

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Tuesday, Jan 11, 2022

- Lab 1:

View the following video titled NOVA: Absolute Zero, The Conquest of Cold (first 52 mins); transcript

Program Expectations to be recorded in your lab notebook/carbon copies will be collected for evaluation:

1) Document all historical people mentioned throughout the program (please use web or transcript linked above to correct all name spellings),

2) At ~4.50 min there is an experiment done with salt/ice/water...describe and briefly explain...

3) At ~8:45 min there is an experiment done by Boyle...describe and briefly explain...

4) What tool did Boyle need to make his research better? (hint: ~11 mins)

5) List the names of the 3 thermometer scales...2 are mentioned first (~12 mins) then the 3rd later...

6) Who proposed the erroneous "Caloric Theory"?

7) Who disproved the "Caloric Theory"?...and what did this persosn have in common with the person who proposed the theory?

8) What was Tudor's 1st "ice" ship called?

9) What was the name of the book written by Carnot?

10) What job did James Prescott Joule hold while developing his contribution to thermodynamics?

11) Who is attributed to inventing the frozen food industry?

12) Who is attributed to inventing "air cooling"?