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C7-19: GAUSSIAN GUN
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate transfer of energy in an elastic collision
I6-25: DIFFUSION - DISTRIBUTION OF PING PONG BALLS
Purpose:
Demonstrate on a macroscopic scale using ping pong balls how random molecular motion causes substances to diffuse.
I3-15: MAGDEBURG HEMISPHERES - PORTABLE
Category: I3 Gases
Purpose:
Demonstrate forces arising from atmospheric air pressure.
I3-14: MAGDEBURG HEMISPHERES
Category: I3 Gases
Purpose:
Demonstrate force arising from the atmospheric pressure of air.
J3-01: EXISTENCE OF ELECTRIC FIELDS
Category: J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose:
Demonstrate the existence of electric fields and to map them semi-quantitatively.
F4-63: MARIOTTE'S BOTTLE
Category: F4 Fluid in Motion
Purpose:
Show the range of water jets from different heights along a water column.
F4-05: PARACHUTE TOY
Category: F4 Fluid in Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate how a parachute quickly reaches its terminal velocity.
F4-01: VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS
Category: F4 Fluid in Motion
Purpose:
Compare the viscosities of water and mineral oil.
F3-31: WATER BELL
Category: F3 Surface Tension
Purpose:
Demonstrate surface tension in an artistic manner.
F3-02: SURFACE TENSION - BALLOONS
Category: F3 Surface Tension
Purpose:
demonstrate surface tension in a counterintuitive way.
F2-31: BUOYANT BALLS IN BEANS
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate buoyancy in a surprising way.
F2-26: BUOYANCY PARADOX - BALL IN TWO LIQUIDS
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate buoyancy with a counterintuitive element.
F2-03: CARTESIAN DIVER - EXPLICIT VERSION
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate explicitly how a cartesian diver works by showing how the water enters the diver when the pressure in the cylinder is increased.
F2-02: CARTESIAN DIVER
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate a variety of fluid mechanics phenomena, including the compressibility of a gas, the incompressibility of water, Boyle's law, Pascal's law, and Archimedes' law.
F1-13: CONSTANT WATER PRESSURE
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate a mechanism which produces a constant water pressure.
F1-11: HYDRAULIC PRESS
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate dramatically Pascal's Law and the large forces attainable using hydraulic systems.
F1-04: EQUILIBRIUM TUBES
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate that pressure is transmitted equally throughout a fluid.
F1-02: FLUID PRESSURE VS DEPTH - ANEROID GAUGE
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Show water pressure versus depth with an aneroid gauge.
B4-11: ELASTIC LIMIT OF RUBBER BAND
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Demonstrate Hooke's law and elastic limit.
C7-42: AIR TABLE - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Qualitatively demonstrate elastic and inelastic two-dimensional collisions.
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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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