PHYS104
M8-01 POLAROIDS AND KARO SYRUP
Category: M8 Optical Activity and Birefringence
Purpose:
Demonstration of an optical cavity
M7-31 TYNDALL'S EXPERIMENT - COLLOIDAL SUNSET
Category: M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
Purpose:
Colloidal sunset demonstration
L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle.
L3-16 FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES BY MIRRORS
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates that concave mirrors can focus heat waves
K8-45 RADIO WAVES FROM SPARK
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Demonstrates that a spark contains radio waves
K8-01 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE - MODEL
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Shows the relationship between the electric and magnetic field vectors in a plane-polarized traveling electromagnetic wave
K4-07 BICYCLE GENERATOR
Category: K4 Motors and Generators
Purpose:
Demonstrates a 110 VAC magnetoelectric generator, and the relationship of work to power output
K2-62 CAN SMASHER - ELECTROMAGNETIC
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Blasts a soda can into two pieces using electromagnetism
K2-44 EDDY CURRENT PENDULUM
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Shows the damping of pendula due to eddy currents
K2-42 LENZ'S LAW - MAGNET IN ALUMINUM TUBE
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Demonstrates Lenz's law
K2-02 INDUCTION IN A SINGLE WIRE
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Demonstrates magnetic induction
K1-03 FORCE ON CURRENT IN MAGNETIC FIELD
Category: K1 Forces on Moving Particles
Purpose:
Demonstrates force on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field
J5-20 OERSTED EXPERIMENT- LARGE COIL AND COMPASS
Category: J5 Magnetostatics
Purpose:
Demonstrates that magnetic fields are generated around current-carrying wires
J2-14 LIGHTNING ROD SIMULATOR
Purpose:
Demonstrates how lightning rods really work
J2-03 VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR WITH GROUND SPHERE
Purpose:
Demonstrates the operation of a Van de Graff generator and illustrates electrostatic concepts
J1-21 ELECTROSTATIC ATTRAC AND REPULS - CHARGED CYLINDERS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic attraction and repulsion
I6-23 DIFFUSION - FOOD COLOR IN WATER
Purpose:
Demonstrates diffusion
I5-22 FIRE SYRINGE
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates heating air by compression
I5-11 ADIABATIC PROCESS - AIR PISTON WITH THERMISTOR
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates adiabatic compression and expansion of air
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F1-01 FLUID PRESSURE VS. DEPTH
Demonstrates that fluid pressure increases linearly with depth and is isotropic.
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F1-02: FLUID PRESSURE VS DEPTH - ANEROID GAUGE
Show water pressure versus depth with an aneroid gauge. Read More
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F1-03: PASCAL'S VASES
Show water pressure versus depth with an aneroid gauge. Read More
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F1-04: EQUILIBRIUM TUBES
Demonstrate that pressure is transmitted equally throughout a fluid. Read More
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F1-05: DOES WATER SEEK ITS OWN LEVEL?
A trick to challenge the students. Read More
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F1-06 WATER SEEKS ITS OWN LEVEL
Demonstrate that pressure is dependent only on depth, and not on the shape of the container. Read More
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F1-11: HYDRAULIC PRESS
Demonstrate dramatically Pascal's Law and the large forces attainable using hydraulic systems. Read More
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F1-12: PASCAL'S LAW - COILED TUBE PARADOX
Illustrate Pascal's law in a dramatic way. Read More
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F1-13: CONSTANT WATER PRESSURE
Demonstrate a mechanism which produces a constant water pressure. Read More
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F1-14: PISTON DIAMETER VS TRAVEL - WORKING MODEL
Show that with an incompressible fluid the bigger piston moves more slowly than the smaller piston. Read More
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F1-15: PRESSURE GLOBE
Demonstrate principles of air pressure. Read More
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F1-21: LIPLESS STRAW
Demonstrate the role of atmospheric pressure in the operation of a drinking straw.
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