Investigation of the thermal conductivity of different metals Features - effect of different metals on heat conduction - network capability: network access to ongoing experiments by any number of external workstations - software: operation and control of the experimental unit, data acquisition and educational software - E-Learning: multi-media didactic materials accessible online Learning objectives/experiments - time dependency until the steady state is reached - calculate the thermal conductivity λ of different metals - calculate the thermal resistance of the specimen - heat transfer with different specimens connected in series - effect of specimen length on heat transfer - E-Learning -- multi-media online course, which enables learning independent of time and place -- access via Internet browser -- educational software including different learning modules -- course in the fundamentals -- detailed thematic courses -- check through targeted review of the learning objectives -- authoring system with editor that enables you to integrate your own, local content into the educational software Specification [1] investigation of the thermal conductivity of different metals [2] continuously adjustable heater [3] Peltier element as cooler [4] 11 specimens made of 5 metals, different lengths [5] display of temperatures and power consumption in the software [6] due to integrated microprocessor-based instrumentation no additional devices with error-prone wiring are required [7] functions of the software: system operation, data acquisition, educational software [8] network capability: LAN/WLAN connection of any number of external workstations with software for observation and evaluation of the experiments [9] E-Learning: multi-media didactic materials accessible online [10] software for data acquisition via USB under Windows 10