When the two wedges of potato were put inside the pipe, there was a lot of air between them and there was no place for the air to escape. Therefore, when the one potato wedge was pressed on there was enough pressure build up between the two potato's that the one wedge was forced out of the pipe and ended up being launched across the room.
for this demonstration you need a potato, a pipe, and a wooden dowl that you can slide into the pipe. while watching this demostration you could anticipate the potato being launched out of the tube. this happened because when you put the first piece of potato in the tube and pushed it down it sealed the pipe because we used the opening of the piepe to cut the potato slice then you push that piece or potato down. then when you put the next piece of potato into the pipe it traps all the air and gases between 2 pieces of potato so when you push bottom piece of the potato up with the wooden dowl your are compressing the air between the 2 pieces and when the pressure betwee the 2 potatos gets too high the piece of potato at the top end of the pipe will launch ot of the pipe as seen in the video.
The materials used in this demonstration were a potato launcher,a wooden dowel and a potato. First, Mrs. Wenk cut a potato wedge and pushed it down the potato launcher. Then she put a second wedge into the launcher, compressing the air between the two wedges. Pressure begins to rise up as the dowel is being pushed into the pipe, causing the first potato to be launched out of the pipe. As we performed this demonstration earlier today I noticed that it takes a lot of pressure to launch the potato out of the pipe
Materials: Potatoe wedge, metal pipe, wooden dowel.
obervations: First, she stabbed the potatoe wedge and pushed that potatoe to the opposite end. The she repeated with a second piece of potatoe. The compressed the air between the two potatoe pieces.
Explanation: As the air was compressed by pushing the potatoe with the wooden dowel, it added pressure in the metal pipe. This caused the potatoe piece to pop out of the metal pipe. When performing this experiment it takes a great amount of strength to even push the dowel through the metal pipe because the pressure is so great.
The materials that were used were a potato, a wooden dowl, and a metal pipe with one end fliared. in this demonstraion you take metal pipe with the flaired end and stick it into the potato and the take the wooden dowl and push that chunk of potato down. Then you take the metal pipe again with the flaired end and stick it threw another piece of potato, so now you have two chunks of potato in the pipe. then you take the wooden dowl and stick it up the non-flaired end of the metal pipeand then you push hard and the the potato should come flying out of the flaired end. this happens because when the two potato chuinks are wedged in there with the wooden dowl pushing against them it creats pressure and when you pushed hard enough agianst them the potatochung at the top would fire out.
This experiment called for a potato, a wooden dowl, and a metal pipe. First the potato was shaped by the metal pipe, so it could fit compactly in the pipe, so not to let any air out. That potato wedge was pushed to the opposite end, using the wooden dowl. Next, another piece of the potato is wedged into the pipe, causing for pressure in between the two pieces of potato. When the wooden dowl is pushed through, the amount of pressure increases dramatically, to the point where the potato on the flared end shoots out, because there is so much pressure pushing on it. Clearly, it takes a lot of force to make that amount of pressure build up.
When the two wedges of potato were put inside the pipe, there was a lot of air between them and there was no place for the air to escape. Therefore, when the one potato wedge was pressed on there was enough pressure build up between the two potato's that the one wedge was forced out of the pipe and ended up being launched across the room.
ReplyDeleteThe materials used were potato wedges, a pipe and a wooden dowel.
DeleteWhat physical quantity is changing when you push the dowel into the launcher? Which gas law applies to this situation?
Deletefor this demonstration you need a potato, a pipe, and a wooden dowl that you can slide into the pipe. while watching this demostration you could anticipate the potato being launched out of the tube. this happened because when you put the first piece of potato in the tube and pushed it down it sealed the pipe because we used the opening of the piepe to cut the potato slice then you push that piece or potato down. then when you put the next piece of potato into the pipe it traps all the air and gases between 2 pieces of potato so when you push bottom piece of the potato up with the wooden dowl your are compressing the air between the 2 pieces and when the pressure betwee the 2 potatos gets too high the piece of potato at the top end of the pipe will launch ot of the pipe as seen in the video.
ReplyDeleteThe materials used in this demonstration were a potato launcher,a wooden dowel and a potato. First, Mrs. Wenk cut a potato wedge and pushed it down the potato launcher. Then she put a second wedge into the launcher, compressing the air between the two wedges. Pressure begins to rise up as the dowel is being pushed into the pipe, causing the first potato to be launched out of the pipe. As we performed this demonstration earlier today I noticed that it takes a lot of pressure to launch the potato out of the pipe
ReplyDeleteMaterials: Potatoe wedge, metal pipe, wooden dowel.
ReplyDeleteobervations: First, she stabbed the potatoe wedge and pushed that potatoe to the opposite end. The she repeated with a second piece of potatoe. The compressed the air between the two potatoe pieces.
Explanation: As the air was compressed by pushing the potatoe with the wooden dowel, it added pressure in the metal pipe. This caused the potatoe piece to pop out of the metal pipe. When performing this experiment it takes a great amount of strength to even push the dowel through the metal pipe because the pressure is so great.
The materials that were used were a potato, a wooden dowl, and a metal pipe with one end fliared. in this demonstraion you take metal pipe with the flaired end and stick it into the potato and the take the wooden dowl and push that chunk of potato down. Then you take the metal pipe again with the flaired end and stick it threw another piece of potato, so now you have two chunks of potato in the pipe. then you take the wooden dowl and stick it up the non-flaired end of the metal pipeand then you push hard and the the potato should come flying out of the flaired end. this happens because when the two potato chuinks are wedged in there with the wooden dowl pushing against them it creats pressure and when you pushed hard enough agianst them the potatochung at the top would fire out.
ReplyDeleteThis experiment called for a potato, a wooden dowl, and a metal pipe. First the potato was shaped by the metal pipe, so it could fit compactly in the pipe, so not to let any air out. That potato wedge was pushed to the opposite end, using the wooden dowl. Next, another piece of the potato is wedged into the pipe, causing for pressure in between the two pieces of potato. When the wooden dowl is pushed through, the amount of pressure increases dramatically, to the point where the potato on the flared end shoots out, because there is so much pressure pushing on it. Clearly, it takes a lot of force to make that amount of pressure build up.
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