2A10.51 Rubber Balloons

Blow different volumes of air into two balloons connected by a T-tube. When the valve connecting both balloons is opened, air will flow from the smaller balloon to the larger balloon.

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Beware, when doing this demo with rubber balloons, you must be careful to blow a large enough difference of air into each balloon, else they are susceptible to reach another equilibrium where the balloons have unequal radii. For an example of how *not* to do this demo, see the following:

For a discussion of why exactly this can happen, cf. AJP volume 46, pg. 978

Location: C3-3