Newton's Third Law
B2-11: EQUILIBRIUM OF FORCES - OHAUS PROJECTION
Category: B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
Purpose:
Demonstrate equilibrium of forces
B2-04: VERTICAL FORCES - FOUR SPRING SCALES
Category: B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
Purpose:
Show addition of forces along a line
B2-02: SUM OF FORCES - SPRING SCALES
Category: B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
Purpose:
Show that the sum of forces exerted on the mass by the scales is constant
B2-01: SUM OF FORCES IN A LINE
Category: B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
Purpose:
Demonstrate that forces in one dimension add algebraically
B1-24: CENTER OF MASS - CARTS ON BALANCE BOARD
Category: B1 Center of Mass Statics
Purpose:
Show that the center of mass may remain at rest during motion within the system.
C5-19: ACTION AND REACTION - INSTRUCTOR AND CART
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate action-reaction pairs in a dramatic way
C5-17: ROCKET BOTTLE
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the rocket principle in a dramatic way
C5-32: SAILING UPWIND - HAIRDRYER AND SAILBOAT
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate sailing upwind
C7-23: MEDICINE BALL AND SKATEBOARD
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate large-scale collisions
F2-21 REACTION TO BUOYANT FORCE
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrates the reaction force using a liquid.
C6-02: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BLOCK
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Demonstrates that the coefficient of static friction is greater than the coefficient of sliding friction, and determines the coefficient of static friction.
C6-01 INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BOX AND WEIGHTS
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Shows that the coefficient of friction does not depend upon the mass of the object although the frictional force does.
C5-14 ROCKET TRIKE
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
C5-13 WATER ROCKET
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
C5-02 SPRING AND PULLEY PARADOX
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Show that the action-reaction pairs have equal magnitude
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C7-01: AIR TRACK - ELASTIC COLLISIONS
Demonstrate conservation of energy and conservation of momentum in elastic collisions Read More
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C7-02: AIR TRACK -INELASTIC COLLISIONS
Demonstrate conservation of momentum in elastic collisions Read More
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C7-03: AIR TRACK - SCATTERING WITHOUT CONTACT
Show that elastic scattering can occur between two objects without actual physical contact between the objects Read More
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C7-04: AIR TRACK - COLLISION VELOCITY MULTIPLIER
Illustrate velocity multiplication with a three-to-one mass ratio collision Read More
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C7-11: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - EQUAL MASSES
Demonstrates conservation of energy and conservation of linear momentum in multiple elastic collisions Read More
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C7-12: COLLISION OF BALLS - ONE LIGHTER MASS
Show what happens when one mass in a collision ball set is different from the others Read More
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C7-13: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - GRADUATED MASSES
Demonstrate how the velocity is multiplied by a sequence of collisions between balls of decreasing mass Read More
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C7-14: COLLISIONS OF BALLS WITH FLOOR
Illustrate collisions of different balls with the floor Read More
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C7-15 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - 3 TO 1 MASS RATIO
Shows velocity multiplication in colliding balls Read More
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C7-16: HAPPY AND UNHAPPY BALLS
Illustrate coefficient of restitution Read More
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C7-17 SUPERBALL
Illustrates nearly elastic collisions Read More
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C7-18 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - ASTROBLASTER
Shows velocity multiplication in colliding balls Read More
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C7-19: GAUSSIAN GUN
Demonstrate transfer of energy in an elastic collision Read More
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C7-21: ENERGY AND MOMENTUM - COLLISION AND PROJECTILE
Illustrate conservation of momentum and conservation of energy Read More
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C7-23: MEDICINE BALL AND SKATEBOARD
Demonstrate large-scale collisions Read More
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C7-24: SILLY PUTTY
Show collisions with an unusual material Read More
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C7-25: SUPERBALL, VACUUM MUD AND WOOD BLOCK COLLISIONS
Show that a larger impulse is imparted by an elastic collision Read More
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C7-26: BOUNCING PUTTY AND NON-BOUNCING SUPERBALL
Show unusual collisions Read More
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C7-42: AIR TABLE - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Qualitatively demonstrate elastic and inelastic two-dimensional collisions Read More
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C7-43: AIR TABLE - SMALL - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Demonstrate collisions of pucks on an air table in rooms not accessible by the large air table Read More
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C7-44: COLLISIONS - HOVERPUCKS
Demonstrate two-dimensional collisions Read More
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C7-51: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - PELLET GUN
Determine the speed of an air gun pellet using a ballistic pendulum Read More
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C7-52: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - LABORATORY MODEL
Demonstrate operation of the standard laboratory type ballistic pendulum Read More
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C7-53: AIR TRACK - SPEED OF AIR GUN PELLET
Determine the speed of an air gun pellet using conservation of momentum in an inelastic collision Read More
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