MERLOT Materials

This tutorial explores the effect of raising the temperature of a blackbody radiator. The example is a black pot that can... see more

Illustrates Volume/pressure relationship for diesel engine

Thermo_XP computes changes in path and state functions for user-selected ideal gas expansion (and compression) processes.... see more

A complete set of simulations for a first semester college physics class.

A collection of over 140 videos of Physics Demonstrations covering a wide variety of topics, from mechanics to atomic.... see more

This "open source" project is designed to advance the teaching of statistical physics. It includes a collection of java... see more

This comprehensive website on thermodynamics features an extensive set of “daemons”, thermodynamic calculators that can... see more

A simulation of the kinetic theory of gasses. Students can study the dependence of the mixing of two gasses on... see more

German language applet that siumlates isothermal, isobaric, isochoric, and adiabatic processes for an ideal gas.

This set of questions on basic concepts of the first law of thermodynamics uses Physlet animations to

Demonstrates properties of heat flow in a 2-dimensional domain.

This experiment is designed to further demonstrate the properties of the ideal gas law. Mirror site:... see more

Discussion of Osmosis and Desalination following Carnot ideas. The energy required for desalination.

Java Animation of Otto Engine and Cycle

Applet demonstrates Charles' Law from a particle standpoint by allowing the user to change the temperature and see the... see more

This website demonstrates the different types of thermodynamics and how they apply to cooking.

Java Animation of Carnot Engine and Cycle

This java applet show you the physics processes of a Carnot heat engine. Carnot cycle is a four-stage reversible sequence... see more

Java Animation of Diesel Engine and Cycle

Applet plots height versus pressure for a simple model of an atmosphere.

Demonstration of Pressure/Volume relationship in an Otto engine

Applet allows user to input the number of slices and time steps.

Extensive theoretical discussion (text and graphics only) of thermodynamics.

Extensive discussion of basic thermodynamics, with an applet demonstating basic thermodynamic processes (such as... see more