PHYS104
M8-01 POLAROIDS AND KARO SYRUP
Category: M8 Optical Activity and Birefringence
Purpose:
Demonstration of an optical cavity
M7-31 TYNDALL'S EXPERIMENT - COLLOIDAL SUNSET
Category: M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
Purpose:
Colloidal sunset demonstration
L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle.
L3-16 FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES BY MIRRORS
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates that concave mirrors can focus heat waves
K8-45 RADIO WAVES FROM SPARK
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Demonstrates that a spark contains radio waves
K8-01 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE - MODEL
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Shows the relationship between the electric and magnetic field vectors in a plane-polarized traveling electromagnetic wave
K4-07 BICYCLE GENERATOR
Category: K4 Motors and Generators
Purpose:
Demonstrates a 110 VAC magnetoelectric generator, and the relationship of work to power output
K2-62 CAN SMASHER - ELECTROMAGNETIC
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Blasts a soda can into two pieces using electromagnetism
K2-44 EDDY CURRENT PENDULUM
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Shows the damping of pendula due to eddy currents
K2-42 LENZ'S LAW - MAGNET IN ALUMINUM TUBE
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Demonstrates Lenz's law
K2-02 INDUCTION IN A SINGLE WIRE
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Demonstrates magnetic induction
K1-03 FORCE ON CURRENT IN MAGNETIC FIELD
Category: K1 Forces on Moving Particles
Purpose:
Demonstrates force on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field
J5-20 OERSTED EXPERIMENT- LARGE COIL AND COMPASS
Category: J5 Magnetostatics
Purpose:
Demonstrates that magnetic fields are generated around current-carrying wires
J2-14 LIGHTNING ROD SIMULATOR
Purpose:
Demonstrates how lightning rods really work
J2-03 VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR WITH GROUND SPHERE
Purpose:
Demonstrates the operation of a Van de Graff generator and illustrates electrostatic concepts
J1-21 ELECTROSTATIC ATTRAC AND REPULS - CHARGED CYLINDERS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic attraction and repulsion
I6-23 DIFFUSION - FOOD COLOR IN WATER
Purpose:
Demonstrates diffusion
I5-22 FIRE SYRINGE
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates heating air by compression
I5-11 ADIABATIC PROCESS - AIR PISTON WITH THERMISTOR
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates adiabatic compression and expansion of air
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C4-01: AIR TRACK - NEWTON'S SECOND LAW
Demonstrate F = ma Read More
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C4-02 AIR TRACK - A eq F/M
Illustrate the experimental basis for Newton's second law of motion Read More
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C4-03: ACCELERATION BY ITERATED BLOWS
Illustrate the numerical technique by which a computer carries out integration of the equation a = F/m Read More
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C4-11: ACCELEROMETER - BALL IN WATER
Demonstrate the direction of acceleration for both linear and circular cases Read More
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C4-12: ACCELEROMETER ON INCLINED PLANE
Illustrate the behavior of a liquid accelerometer accelerating down an inclined plane Read More
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C4-13: ACCELEROMETER ON ROTATOR
Show that the surface of a rotating liquid assumes a parabolic shape Read More
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C4-14: AIR TRACK - ACCELEROMETER
Demonstrate the behavior of a liquid accelerometer Read More
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C4-15: HELIUM BALLOON IN ACCELERATED BOX
Illustrate the affect of density on acceleration in a counterintuitive way Read More
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C4-21 ATWOOD MACHINE
Illustrate the second law of motion. Experimentally determine the acceleration due to gravity Read More
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C4-22: HORIZONTAL ATWOOD MACHINE
Demonstrate the Horizontal Atwood Machine quantitatively Read More
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C4-23: ATWOOD MACHINE WITH HEAVY PULLEY
Illustrate the effect of a heavy pulley on the Atwood Machine Read More
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C4-31: AIR TRACK - THE ACCELERATION OF GRAVITY
Experimentally determine the acceleration of gravity Read More
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C4-32: FREE FALL IN VACUUM - DISK AND FEATHER
Demonstrate that bodies of extremely different densities fall with equal acceleration in the absence of air friction Read More
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C4-34: GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE FALL
Show that the acceleration of bodies in free fall is independent of mass Read More
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C4-41: TERMINAL VELOCITY - BOTTLE IN TUBE
An easily observable terminal velocity experiment Read More
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C4-42: TERMINAL VELOCITY - FEATHER
Illustrate terminal velocity Read More
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C4-43: TERMINAL VELOCITY - STACKED COFFEE FILTERS
Illustrate terminal velocity quantitatively Read More
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C4-51: WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN BEAKER
Demonstrate weightlessness in free fall Read More
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C4-52 WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN CUP ON POLE
Illustrate apparent weightlessness in free fall Read More
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C4-53 WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS ON SPRING
Illustrate apparent weightlessness in free fall Read More
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C4-54: WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MAGNET AND KEEPER
Illustrate weightlessness in free fall Read More
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C4-61: ACCELERATION ON A SCALE
Illustrate forces in an accelerating system Read More
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C4-62 DROPPED SLINKY
Illustrate apparent weightlessness in free fall Read More
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