PHYS131
A1-31: VOLUME MEASURE DEMONSTRATION
Category: A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
Purpose:
Illustrate metric volume units
A1-03: DENSITY - VARIOUS BRICKS
Category: A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
Purpose:
Demonstrate the concept of density
F3-11: SURFACE TENSION - CAPILLARY TUBES
Category: F3 Surface Tension
Purpose:
Demonstrate surface tension in capillary tubes
C2-21 PROJECTILES DROPPED AND SHOT
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
J1-26 VAN DE GRAAFF - REPULSION OF PIE PANS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
J1-24 ELECTROSTATIC HAIR RAISING
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
J1-21 ELECTROSTATIC ATTRAC AND REPULS - CHARGED CYLINDERS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic attraction and repulsion
J1-11 ELECTROPHORUS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates an electrophorus
J1-06: FUN-FLY-STICK
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic fundamentals
J1-01 TRIBOELECTRICITY - CHARGING BY FRICTION
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates "charging by friction"
I6-01 GAS PRESSURE - MODEL
Purpose:
Illustrates the molecular nature of gas pressure
I5-22 FIRE SYRINGE
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates heating air by compression
I2-22 THERMODYNAMICS BY TOUCH
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
Demonstrates that touching a material tells something about its conductivity, not necessarily its temperature
G1-60 CHAOS - TWO BIFILAR PENDULA
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrates chaotic motion
G1-52 STRINGLESS PENDULUM
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrates an example of SHM
F2-01 ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrates the buoyant force on a body submerged in a fluid to be equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
F1-06 WATER SEEKS ITS OWN LEVEL
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Shows that pressure is dependent on depth, not shape of container
E1-11: POTENTIAL WELL -MODEL
Category: E1 Gravitation and Orbits
Purpose:
Demonstrates motion of planets or satellites in an inverse square gravitational field
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C6-01 INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BOX AND WEIGHTS
Shows that the coefficient of friction does not depend upon the mass of the object although the frictional force does. Read More
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C6-02: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BLOCK
Demonstrates that the coefficient of static friction is greater than the coefficient of sliding friction, and determines the coefficient of… Read More
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C6-03: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION WITH THREE BLOCKS
Illustrate different coefficients of friction. Read More
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C6-04: FRICTION DIRECTION ON INCLINED PLANE
Determine the direction of the frictional force in a possibly ambiguous situation.
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C6-05: AIR TRACK - INCLINED PLANE FRICTION
Show that the force of friction depends upon the conditions of the surfaces in contact.
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C6-11: SLIDING FRICTION - LECTURE TABLE AND FELT
Show the effect on frictional force of velocity, normal force, and contact area.
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C6-12: SKIDDING AUTOMOBILE
Demonstrate the effect of locked wheels on vehicle stability.
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C6-13: FRICTION BETWEEN GLASS SURFACES
Demonstrate the increase of friction between two glass surfaces when lubricating surface films are removed.
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C6-14: SOCIAL CLIMBER
Illustrate frictional forces in a weird way.
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C6-15: SOCIAL DESCENDER - FRICTION TOY
Illustrate frictional forces in a weird way.
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C6-16: SLIDING AND STATIC FRICTION
Show that the friction force depends linearly on the normal component of the applied force.
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C6-17: FRICTION VS. PULLING ANGLE
Demonstrate how pulling angle affects the frictional force
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C6-21: SUSPENDED ROD ON WATER
An elementary problem involving horizontal friction.
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