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Schlieren Images of Gases
O-a4b



Blow hot air, light a bic lighter, and/or pour SF6 or CO2 in front of a concave mirror
in a Schieren arrangement.


SJ 3rd Chapter:   25.4
PIRA DCS classification:   6A40.501

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University