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Surface Tension
F3-31: WATER BELL
Category:
F3 Surface Tension
Purpose
:
Demonstrate surface tension in an artistic manner.
F3-22: SURFACE TENSION - AT THE BEACH
Category:
F3 Surface Tension
Purpose
:
Illustrate the surface tension of water.
F3-21: SURFACE TENSION - ALCOHOL AND WATER IN SAND
Category:
F3 Surface Tension
Purpose
:
Illustrate the difference between the surface tension in water and in alcohol.
F3-06: SURFACE TENSION - NEEDLE ON WATER
Category:
F3 Surface Tension
Purpose
:
Illustrate surface tension by floating a needle on water.
F3-05: SURFACE TENSION - THREAD IN FRAME
Category:
F3 Surface Tension
Purpose
:
Demonstrate surface tension.
F3-04: SURFACE TENSION - THREAD ON WATER
Category:
F3 Surface Tension
Purpose
:
Demonstrate how detergent decreases the surface tension of water.
F3-03: SURFACE TENSION - SOAP BUBBLES
Category:
F3 Surface Tension
Purpose
:
Demonstrate surface tension in a perhaps counterintuitive way using soap bubbles.
F3-02: SURFACE TENSION - BALLOONS
Category:
F3 Surface Tension
Purpose
:
demonstrate surface tension in a counterintuitive way.
G4-12: STANDING WAVES ON A SOAP FILM
Category:
G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose
:
Demonstrate standing waves in a circular membrane.
G4-11: SOAP FILM OSCILLATIONS
Category:
G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose
:
Demonstrate standing waves in a two-dimensional medium.
F3-11: SURFACE TENSION - CAPILLARY TUBES
Category:
F3 Surface Tension
Purpose
:
Demonstrate surface tension in capillary tubes