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⚡ Energy Reservoir Arena: 2D Hard-Disk Gas with Hot and Cold Sources

Interactive 2D hard-disk gas with draggable hot and cold thermal sources and a movable piston, showing the first law of thermodynamics, heat flow, the Maxwell-Boltzmann speed distribution and why even a limitless energy source cannot push a gas past its own temperature.

Space & Astronomy2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
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Interactive 2D hard-disk gas with draggable hot and cold thermal sources and a movable piston, showing the first law of thermodynamics, heat flow, the Maxwell-Boltzmann speed distribution and why even a limitless energy source cannot push a gas past its own temperature.

energythermodynamicsfirst lawMaxwell-Boltzmannheat flowentropy

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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