C. Kinematics And Dynamics
C5. Third Law Of Motion
Demo No.
Title
C5-17
Rocket Bottle
Purpose
Equipment
To illustrate the rocket principle in a dramatic way.
Two rocket bottles with liquid nitrogen.
Suggestions
Setup Time
none
None.
Description of Demo:
Pour about 100-200 ml of liquid nitrogen into the bottle and install the stopper. Exhausting nitrogen gas and liquid result in motion of the bottle. A second bottle has an untethered stopper, for comparison.
References:
David Kagan, Louis Buchholtz, and Lynda Klein, Soda-Bottle Water Rockets, TPT 33, 150-157 (1995).
Created & Modified by
Melissa Bishop/DoIT
April 21, 2000
