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The ideal-gas equation
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The effects of temperature on density
The air around a hot radiator soon acquires heat. We explain this…
‘The material of action so variable’
The classical author Epictetus (ca 50–ca 138 AD) once said, ‘The materials…
How fast is ‘greased lightning’?
In comic books of the 1950s, one of the favourite phrases of…
The practice of thermodynamic measurement
Although the answer to the simple question ‘what is temperature?’ seems obvious…
Thermal equilibrium and the zeroth law of thermodynamics
A fever is often the first visible sign of someone developing an…
Observed and controlled variables
We want to turn up the radio because it’s noisy outside, and…


