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J4-04 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR - IONIZATION OF AIR
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrates the mobility of ions
J4-01 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrates that potential difference across a capacitor is proportional to the plate separation
J3-24 HOLLOW CONDUCTING SPHERE
Category: J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose:
Demonstrates that charge resides on the outside surface of a conductor
J3-23 FARADAY CAGE - RADIOWAVES
Category: J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose:
Demonstrates that radio waves cannot penetrate a Faraday cage
J3-21 FARADAY CAGE
Category: J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose:
Demonstrates that the electric field within a closed conducting surface is zero
J3-13 POTENTIAL SURFACE MODEL WITH E FIELD VECTORS
Category: J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose:
Illustrates the relationship between the electrostatic potential and the electric field
J3-08 VAN DE GRAAFFS - INTERACTING FIELDS
Category: J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose:
Shows field lines for two identical charges
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
J1-26 VAN DE GRAAFF - REPULSION OF PIE PANS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
J1-25 VAN DE GRAAFF - TRAINED RABBIT
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
J1-24 ELECTROSTATIC HAIR RAISING
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
J1-21 ELECTROSTATIC ATTRAC AND REPULS - CHARGED CYLINDERS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic attraction and repulsion
J1-06: FUN-FLY-STICK
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic fundamentals
J1-01 TRIBOELECTRICITY - CHARGING BY FRICTION
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates "charging by friction"
H4-04 FOURIER ANALYSIS - DIGITAL OSCILLOSCOPE
Category: H4 Music
Purpose:
Demonstrates the Fourier spectrum of complex waves
H3-71 STROKED ALUMINUM ROD
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Illustrates longitudinal standing waves in an aluminum rod.
H2-53 BEATS - AUDIO OSCILLATORS AND SPEAKERS
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Hear beats
H2-42 DOPPLER EFFECT - TUNING FORK ON STRING
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrates Doppler effect
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G1-01 EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
Illustrates simple harmonic motion
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G1-11 COMPARISON OF SHM AND UCM
Demonstrates the relationship between simple harmonic motion and uniform circular motion
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G1-12: PENDULUM AND ROTATING BALL
Demonstrate that simple harmonic motion is the projection of uniform circular motion Read More
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G1-13: MASS ON STRING
Illustrate uniform circular motion Read More
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G1-14 PENDULA WITH DIFFERENT MASSES
Demonstrates independence of a simple pendulum's period with mass of the bob
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G1-15 PENDULA WITH 4 TO 1 LENGTH RATIO
Shows that period of a simple pendulum is proportional to the square root of its length
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G1-16: PENDULUM WITH LARGE OSCILLATION
Show the difference between pendula with small amplitude and large amplitude of oscillation, and to show rotational motion where the… Read More
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G1-17: PENDULUM WITH LARGE-ANGLE OSCILLATION - PORTABLE
Illustrate large-angle pendular oscillations and the 360 degree pendulum Read More
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G1-18: PENDULUM WITH FORCE SCALE
Show the tension in the string exerted by a swinging pendulum Read More
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G1-20: GALILEO'S PENDULUM AND THE PENDULUM RELEASE CONUNDRUM
Encourage thought about the motion of a pendulum and related forces Read More
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G1-31: HOOKE'S LAW AND SHM
Quantitatively demonstrate how the spring constant affects the period of a mass on a spring Read More
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G1-32: MASS ON SPRING - WITH STAND
Illustrate SHM Read More
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G1-33 MASSES AND SPRINGS WITH SPIDER
Compares frequencies of various mass-spring combinations
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G1-34: AIR TRACK - SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
Demonstrate simple harmonic motion of a mass held by two springs Read More
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G1-35: MASS ON SPRING - EFFICIENT MODEL
Illustrate the motion of a mass on a spring Read More
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G1-36: MASS ON SPRING WITH FORCE MEASUREMENT
Display the time dependence of the force of a mass oscillating on a spring Read More
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G1-37: MASS ON SPRING WITH ULTRASONIC RANGER
Plot graphs of position, velocity and acceleration for a mass oscillating on a spring Read More
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G1-41: TORSIONAL PENDULUM - SMALL
Demonstrate torsional SHM, and to show the effect of moment of inertia on the period Read More
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G1-43: KLINGER TORSIONAL VIBRATION MACHINE
Demonstrate torsional SHM, and to quantitatively show the effect of moment of inertia on the period Read More
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G1-51: INVERTED SPRING PENDULUM
Illustrate a form of periodic vibration Read More
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G1-52 STRINGLESS PENDULUM
Demonstrates an example of SHM
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G1-53: SHM - CAN IN WATER TANK
Demonstrate one form of SHM Read More
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G1-54: MASS'S DOUBLE PENDULUM
Demonstrate the transition of potential energy into energy of oscillation of the pendulum, and the operation of an escapement Read More
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G1-55: INERTIA BALANCE
Illustrate the measurement of inertial mass using SHM Read More
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G1-56: INVERTED PENDULUM - SABER SAW
Show the inverted pendulum dramatically Read More
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G1-57: INVERTED PENDULUM - SPEAKER DRIVEN
Demonstrate the conditions for stability of an inverted pendulum Read More
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G1-58: LOADED PENDULUM
Analog to the longitudinal motion of a particle in a particle accelerator driven by a sinusoidal accelerating potential Read More
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G1-59: BIFILAR PENDULUM
Illustrate a system with two pendular modes of oscillation Read More
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G1-60 CHAOS - TWO BIFILAR PENDULA
Illustrates chaotic motion
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G1-71: LISSAJOUS FIGURES - SAND PENDULUM
Demonstrate Lissajous figures Read More
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G1-73: LISSAJOUS FIGURES - FOURIER SYNTHESIZER
Show stable Lissajous figures Read More
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G1-74: LISSAJOUS FIGURES - LASER AND LOUDSPEAKER
Show Lissajous figures created by music to form a laser show Read More
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G1-81: OUIJA WINDMILL
Illustrate a combination of simultaneous orthogonal oscillations Read More
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G1-82: PENDULUM WAVES
Create waves in a very dramatic way using a series of fifteen carefully adjusted independent pendula Read More
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G1-83: PENDULUM WAVES - COMMERCIAL VERSION
Create waves in a very dramatic way using a series of carefully adjusted pendula of various lengths Read More
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