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Kazachkov, Alexander; Kryuchkov, Dmitriy; Willis, Courtney; Moore, John C. – Physics Teacher, 2006
Classroom experiments on atmospheric pressure focus largely on demonstrating its existence, often in a most impressive way. A series of amusing physics demonstrations is widely known and practiced by educators teaching the topic. However, measuring the value of atmospheric pressure(P[subscript atm]) is generally done in a rather mundane way,…
Descriptors: Physics, Measurement, Measurement Techniques, Demonstrations (Educational)