Siphon in a Bell Jar

Apparatus
PIRA: 
2B60.23
Area: 
2 Fluid Mechanics
Topic: 
2B Statics of Fluids
Concept: 
Siphons, Fountains, Pumps

 

Water is transferred through a "U" tube from a sealed flask to an open flask when the assembly is placed in a bell jar and evacuated. When air is reintroduced into the chamber, the water moves from the open flask back to the sealed flask.

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