Reversibility Videos

We have an entire collection of student made videos, that give a short explanation of reversibility.

Additionally, Khan Academy has a great selection of videos on both chemistry thermodynamics and physics thermodynamics.

 

Bucknell University Student Made Videos

Tennis Ball Reversibility

This video uses the example of a tennis ball bouncing to explain reversibility. It also explains how a reversible process differs from a real world process and how you can make a real world process closer to reversible.

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Reversibility in the Rain

This video explains the differences in reversibility and irreversibility. It does this using an example of a makeshift pool made in the back of a pickup truck.

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For more student made videos, check out our videos page here.

 

Here is a Khan Academy video explaining quasi-static and reversible processes.

Quasi-static and Reversible Processes