PHYS131
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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F2-01 ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE
Demonstrates the buoyant force on a body submerged in a fluid to be equal to the weight of the displaced… Read More
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F2-02: CARTESIAN DIVER
Demonstrate a variety of fluid mechanics phenomena, including the compressibility of a gas, the incompressibility of water, Boyle's law, Pascal's… Read More
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F2-03: CARTESIAN DIVER - EXPLICIT VERSION
Demonstrate explicitly how a Cartesian diver works by showing how the water enters the diver when the pressure in the… Read More
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F2-04: BUOYANCY - SPHERE AND WATER
Challenge the students' thinking about the buoyant force by considering the question: "Will a round object, without a flat top… Read More
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F2-05 BUOYANCY - BOAT AND ROCK
Illustrates buoyancy
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F2-06: BUOYANCY - SINKING BOAT
Illustrates buoyancy Read More
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F2-07: BUOYANCY - PEPSI AND DIET PEPSI
Show the difference in density between soft drinks with and without sugar. Read More
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F2-08: BUOYANCY - BATTLESHIP IN BATHTUB
Illustrate Archimedes' Law in a counterintuitive manner. Read More
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F2-10: BUOYANT BUBBLES
Demonstrate buoyancy and diffusion in an interesting way. Read More
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F2-11: HYDROMETER
Measure the density of a liquid. Read More
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F2-12: HOT AIR BALLOON
Show that hot air is less dense than cold air by operating a hot air balloon. Read More
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F2-13: BOUYANCY - EXPANDING BALLOON CONUNDRUM
Conundrum involving weight of an expanding balloon. Read More
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F2-21 REACTION TO BUOYANT FORCE
Demonstrates the reaction force using a liquid. Read More
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F2-22: BUOYANCY PARADOX - ACCELERATED FRAME
Illustrate dramatically the concept of buoyancy. Read More
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F2-23: BUOYANCY PARADOX - INVERTED BLOCK
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way. Read More
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F2-24: ACCELERATED BUOYANT BALL
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way. Read More
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F2-25: BALANCE PARADOX - BUOYANCY WITH CROSSOVER
Present buoyancy in a paradoxical way. Read More
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F2-26: BUOYANCY PARADOX - BALL IN TWO LIQUIDS
Demonstrate buoyancy with a counterintuitive element. Read More
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F2-27: Buoyancy Paradox - Two Spheres
Buoyancy of two spheres on a balance Read More
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F2-31: BUOYANT BALLS IN BEANS
Illustrate buoyancy in a surprising way. Read More
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F2-32: FLOATING SQUARE BAR
Illustrate buoyancy and the orientation in which a long square bar floats in a very dramatic way. Read More
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F2-41: DENSITY - SLOPE OF MASS VS VOLUME GRAPH
Determine the density of water. Read More
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