Soap bubbles, ballon and marshmallows expand and then collapse when a vacuum is created in a flask and then released.
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The molecular motion demonstrator (MMD) shows that as the temperature of a solid is increased, its molecules begin to slide over one another and no longer stay in a crystalline array.
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The random motion of microscopic particles in a gas (Brownian motion) is illustrated using the Molecular Motion Demonstrator, a plastic chip, and small metal beads.
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Changing the volume available for "molecules" in the Molecular Motion Demonstrator (MMD) has an effect on how often the molecules hit the walls of their container, illustrating Boyle's law.
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As the liquid nitrogen is poured over the eraser bits, they start to pop and jump!
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