The applet lets you fire cannonballs at different velocities from a tall mountain to see how they travel around the earth. An atom accelerates or decelerates only through classical collisions with the moving piston on its container. This alone is enough to explain why the gas gets warm when it is compressed and cool when expanded. The first of a series of applets illustrating the basic models of Quantum Mechanics. Observe Java applets in Statistical Mechanics, Data Fitting, the Periodic Table, a Money Flow Graph, a Spectroscopic Simulator and the Particle in a Box.
Features are trails, air resistance, and correct physical units.
Though various calibrations by the user, this applet describes the rotational and vibrational energies of a spectra. Combine experimental values to test theoretical values. A model of our Solar System with relative orbits and planets. Don't miss the 'USS Enterprise' as comes in and out of orbit. 264 Generates a new fractal image of a strange attractor every few seconds.