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The radiometer revisited

M Goldman



The motion of a Crookes radiometer is calculated both in a good vacuum and in a poor one. It is found that the sense of rotation in a perfect vacuum depends on the angle between the vertical and the direction of the light source, while for the imperfect vacuum the push exerted by gas molecules is dominant, even though most of the energy lost is radiated away.


PACS

07.20.-n Thermal instruments and apparatus

01.40.-d Education

44.40.+a Thermal radiation

Subjects

Instrumentation and measurement

Education and communication

Statistical physics and nonlinear systems

Dates

Issue 7 (November 1978)



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