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Magnetic Materials
J7-15: Paramagnetism of Dysprosium
Category:
J7 Magnetic Materials
Purpose
:
To illustrate room temperature paramagnetism
K2-64: UNIPOLAR GENERATOR
Category:
K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose
:
Demonstrate unipolar generation of DC voltage, which may involve an explanation other than electromagnetic induction.
J7-31: VISIBLE HARD DRIVE
Category:
J7 Magnetic Materials
Purpose
:
See what the guts of a fixed magnetic drive look like.
J7-24: BARKHAUSEN EFFECT
Category:
J7 Magnetic Materials
Purpose
:
Demonstrate flipping of magnetic domains in iron.
J7-23: MAGNETIC DOMAINS - MODEL
Category:
J7 Magnetic Materials
Purpose
:
Model the behavior of a magnetic material in a magnetic field.
J7-14: CURIE POINT OF DYSPROSIUM
Category:
J7 Magnetic Materials
Purpose
:
Show the Curie point of dysprosium, a normally non-magnetic material.
J7-12: CURIE POINT OF IRON
Category:
J7 Magnetic Materials
Purpose
:
Show the Curie point of iron.
J7-10: DIAMAGNETIC REPULSION OF WATER
Category:
J7 Magnetic Materials
Purpose
:
Demonstrate diamagnetism of water
J7-01: LODESTONE
Category:
J7 Magnetic Materials
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the natural magnetism of lodestone.
K1-13: CATHODE RAY TUBE - DE LA RIVE MAGNETIC EFFECT
Category:
K1 Forces on Moving Particles
Purpose
:
Illustrate bending of an electron beam in a magnetic field.
K2-40: MAGNETIC ACCELERATOR
Category:
K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose
:
Demonstrate magnetic potential energy
J7-21: HYSTERESIS
Category:
J7 Magnetic Materials
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the hysteresis loop for an iron transformer core
J5-04: MAGNETS
Category:
J5 Magnetostatics
Purpose
:
Show various magnets
I7-21: SUPERCONDUCTOR - MAGNET LEVITATION
Category:
I7 Solid State and Low Temperature Physics
Purpose
:
Demonstrate levitation of a magnet above a high-temperature superconductor
J7-13 CURIE POINT OF NICKEL
Category:
J7 Magnetic Materials
Purpose
:
Shows the Curie point of nickel
J7-11 PARAMAGNETISM AND DIAMAGNETISM
Category:
J7 Magnetic Materials
Purpose
:
Demonstrates paramagnetic and diamagnetic materials
J5-06 MAGNET - BROKEN BUT NO MONOPOLE
Category:
J5 Magnetostatics
Purpose
:
Demonstrates that magnet poles come in pairs
J5-01 MAGNETIC FIELD OF A BAR MAGNET
Category:
J5 Magnetostatics
Purpose
:
Visualize the magnetic field around a bar magnet