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This Tiny Engine Explains Entropy

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udarshsolara37 1 month ago

Excellent illustration. I also liked seeing the simple test-tube marble engine, since I use a very similar demonstration in class. From a thermodynamics perspective, this is a very nice way of showing that the fundamental efficiency limit comes from the second law: in the reversible Carnot argument, (Q{rev}/T) appears as a state function — later named entropy by Clausius — and that is exactly what limits the conversion of heat into work.

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abeerbath407 1 month ago

0:49 Thank You 2:22 👍

anel.valdez
anel.valdez 1 month ago

this is the best carnot engine animation i have ever seen, i always got confused on the steps of the cycle. I guess we can always count on Mr. Action Lab.

joseph_guerrero
joseph_guerrero 1 month ago

That ending was funny 😂

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mohammed.barrett 1 month ago

The mullet is really comin' along

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leon.mohaupt 1 month ago

Thank you Action Labs.

irene.humphries
irene.humphries 1 month ago

Nice explanation! In the science, efficiency of a cooler or engine is usually expressed exactly in a carnot efficiency. Because indeed the absolute efficiency, energy useful decided by energie required, doesn't mean anything when looking at them in a physics way

ashleyjames985
ashleyjames985 1 month ago

I always feel like I'm following along, and then you put math on the screen and I remember I'm dumb.

keith_davis
keith_davis 1 month ago

"Use your energy wisely" Me: laying on the bed with my computer running on the desktop

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meganseraph65 1 month ago

The petrol engine photo you used at 8:00 brought back memories.

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cynthia.horn 1 month, 1 week ago

Can you do a video on Prof. Peter Hagelstein’s Thermal Diode? I first heard of his invention in 2002. His "C" shape semiconductor took heat from ambient and converted it to electricity!

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damien_davies 1 month, 1 week ago

The ending was WAY funnier than it should have been

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aprilclark960 1 month, 1 week ago

Love this channel and content, the Sweet Action Mullet, brings me back to the late 80's, all business in the front sweet action in the back

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enzogabriel_pacheco 1 month, 1 week ago

Your videos about entropy are diamonds

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ray_lewis 1 month, 1 week ago

Car no? Hohn hohn hohn...CAR YES! - Carnot

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victoria_elliott 1 month, 1 week ago

i'll share an idea i had years ago. i've never had the money to follow up on my ideas so i enjoy sharing them. do you remember the hourglass where when you hold it the fluid boils and moves to the cooler portion of the hourglass? i wanted to turn that into a generator. using the human body, sunlight or even thermal (underground) heating sources. i'll put it this way i figured if you put one in a car, when the temp reached a certain point internally it would start working. ( the idea was to protect the battery from drainage while it kicks on a air conditioner ( low power) to cool the inside of your car. as they can get very hot over 140 degrees hot. cooking your seats/dash/steering wheel etc... the idea was to keep the interior cool enough that you can actually get in without burning your bum or hands. could also be reverse to run the heater? in winter? eh the dynamics to me seemed like an issue, how hot or cold is too much for the system to work? oh and yes, i wanted to micro size it for wearables or even for a backpack that would charge your phone or battery. i forgot what fluid was used, but if i remember right it isn't hazardous? or was it? eh like i said at the top, been years since i had the idea. (( heck i even thought about using a varient of it for space sats)) hot when the sun hits it and cold when its not. peace.

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franklinvelvet77 1 month, 1 week ago

About time to start cutting off those sleeves and get you a trucker hat.

ekani_goswami
ekani_goswami 1 month, 1 week ago

Ok now action lab guy is sounding more serious and scientific than the veritasium guy

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jacquelinesanchez870 1 month, 1 week ago

I had thermodynamics last sem, I passed it but this would've been very helpful

utkarsh.kalita
utkarsh.kalita 1 month, 1 week ago

Wish this channel was around during my engineering study