{"id":309,"date":"2016-10-02T02:17:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T02:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.labnetwest.colourfi.com\/?p=309"},"modified":"2025-12-22T06:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T22:03:51","slug":"charles-law-apparatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciderhousetest.com\/labnetwest26\/charles-law-apparatus\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles&#8217; Law Apparatus:"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Question:<\/h5>\n<p>Is there anybody who knows about an alternative to the apparatus that is being used in Exp.12 STAWA Lab Manual: Charles Law? We have one, but it didn\u2019t work the last time we used it.<\/p>\n<h5>Answer:<\/h5>\n<p>The apparatus should work fine, but it is necessary to tap the mercury bead before taking a reading as it can become stuck.<br \/>\nAn alternative way of using the same apparatus is to begin with boiling water and then reduce the temperature by adding cold water.<br \/>\nIt is also essential to have the FULL length of the region below the mercury bead IMMERSED in water.<br \/>\nOne practical uses methylated spirits instead of water! This is not allowed since a Bunsen is used to heat it. Only hot plates should be used for heating meths. There is no need to use meths anyway.<br \/>\nModern Teaching Aids sells apparatus for this experiment, which apparently works well. Product Code SERMF1005-001. E mail: sales@teaching.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Is there anybody who knows about an alternative to the apparatus that is being used in Exp.12 STAWA Lab Manual: Charles Law? We have one, but it didn\u2019t work the last time we used it. Answer: The apparatus should work fine, but it is necessary to tap the mercury bead before taking a reading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technical-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciderhousetest.com\/labnetwest26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciderhousetest.com\/labnetwest26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciderhousetest.com\/labnetwest26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciderhousetest.com\/labnetwest26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciderhousetest.com\/labnetwest26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ciderhousetest.com\/labnetwest26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciderhousetest.com\/labnetwest26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciderhousetest.com\/labnetwest26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciderhousetest.com\/labnetwest26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}