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PHYS131


C7-25: SUPERBALL, VACUUM MUD AND WOOD BLOCK COLLISIONS

Category: C7 Collisions

Purpose: Show that a larger impulse is imparted by an elastic collision.

C8-22: ENERGY CONVERSION - SUPERBALL AND SOUNDING BOARD

Purpose: Show transformation of energy from one form to another.

C8-21: ROCK AND WASTE BASKET

Purpose: Demonstrate conservation of energy in a humorous way.

C8-12: JUMPING MASSES WITH INTERNAL SPRINGS

Purpose: Demonstrate conversion of internal energy of a spring into kinetic energy and then gravitational potential energy.

C8-05: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN VERTICAL PROJECTILE

Purpose: Show the relation between initial velocity and height of a vertical projectile.

C8-03: GALILEO'S PENDULUM

Purpose: Demonstrate conservation of energy in a simple system.

C4-32: FREE FALL IN VACUUM - DISK AND FEATHER

Purpose: Demonstrate that bodies of extremely different densities fall with equal acceleration in the absence of air friction.

C4-03: ACCELERATION BY ITERATED BLOWS

Purpose: Illustrate the numerical technique by which a computer carries out integration of the equation a = F/m.

C2-51: KINEMATICS WITH ULTRASONIC RANGER

Purpose: Plot graphs of position, velocity, and acceleration

C1-21: AIR TABLE - TOPPLING STICK

Purpose: Illustrate how a rigid rod topples on a frictionless surface.

A1-32: VOLUMES - SPHERICAL VS CYLINDRICAL

Purpose: Illustrate a volume perception paradox

J1-05 CHARGED BALLOONS

Purpose: Demonstrates "charging by friction"

J1-03 KILOVOLT CARPET

Purpose: Demonstrates "charging by friction"

C2-28: TRAJECTORY OF BALL DROPPED BY WALKER

Purpose: Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion

C4-34: GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE FALL

Purpose: Show that the acceleration of bodies in free fall is independent of mass

J1-12: INDUCTION - ELECTROSCOPE

Purpose: Demonstrate charging by induction.

C7-23: MEDICINE BALL AND SKATEBOARD

Category: C7 Collisions

Purpose: Demonstrate large-scale collisions

C2-41: VECTOR ADDITION OF VELOCITIES

Purpose: Illustrate addition of two orthogonal velocity components

C2-25: FUNNEL CART

Purpose: Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
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