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C7-25: SUPERBALL, VACUUM MUD AND WOOD BLOCK COLLISIONS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Show that a larger impulse is imparted by an elastic collision.
C8-34: POWER - INSTRUCTOR DRAGGING CONCRETE BLOCK
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate power
C8-22: ENERGY CONVERSION - SUPERBALL AND SOUNDING BOARD
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Show transformation of energy from one form to another.
C8-21: ROCK AND WASTE BASKET
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate conservation of energy in a humorous way.
C8-12: JUMPING MASSES WITH INTERNAL SPRINGS
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate conversion of internal energy of a spring into kinetic energy and then gravitational potential energy.
C8-05: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN VERTICAL PROJECTILE
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Show the relation between initial velocity and height of a vertical projectile.
C8-03: GALILEO'S PENDULUM
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate conservation of energy in a simple system.
C4-32: FREE FALL IN VACUUM - DISK AND FEATHER
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate that bodies of extremely different densities fall with equal acceleration in the absence of air friction.
C4-03: ACCELERATION BY ITERATED BLOWS
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the numerical technique by which a computer carries out integration of the equation a = F/m.
C2-51: KINEMATICS WITH ULTRASONIC RANGER
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Plot graphs of position, velocity, and acceleration
C1-21: AIR TABLE - TOPPLING STICK
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate how a rigid rod topples on a frictionless surface.
A1-32: VOLUMES - SPHERICAL VS CYLINDRICAL
Category: A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
Purpose:
Illustrate a volume perception paradox
J1-05 CHARGED BALLOONS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates "charging by friction"
J1-03 KILOVOLT CARPET
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates "charging by friction"
C2-28: TRAJECTORY OF BALL DROPPED BY WALKER
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
C4-34: GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE FALL
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Show that the acceleration of bodies in free fall is independent of mass
J1-12: INDUCTION - ELECTROSCOPE
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrate charging by induction.
C7-23: MEDICINE BALL AND SKATEBOARD
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate large-scale collisions
C2-41: VECTOR ADDITION OF VELOCITIES
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Illustrate addition of two orthogonal velocity components
C2-25: FUNNEL CART
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
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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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