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Episode 601: Brownian Motion and Ideal Gases

From the Institute of Physics, these demonstrations, computer model and associated discussions help students to look at Brownian motion as evidence for the particulate nature of matter, and the macroscopic gas laws. The learning episode looks at: * Brownian motion and what it tells us about gases * investigating the gas laws * discussing Boyle’s law * extrapolating to absolute zero * a computer model of Boyle’s law

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