PHYS260
K8-46: Radio Waves & Faraday Cage
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Demonstrates that radio waves do not penetrate a Faraday cage
I2-28: WATER BALLOON AND CANDLE
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
To demonstrate the transfer of heat by water
I6-52: ENTROPY - FOUR BALLS IN GAS DIFFUSION MODEL
Purpose:
Demonstrate that an ordered state is statistically possible.
I6-41: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - LIQUIDS
Purpose:
Model the behavior of liquids.
I6-40: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - SOLIDS
Purpose:
Model the behavior of solids.
I6-39: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - CHARLES' LAW
Purpose:
Model Charles' law.
I6-38: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - BOYLE'S LAW
Purpose:
Model Boyle's law.
I6-34: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - TEMPERATURE OF A GAS
Purpose:
Model gas pressure.
I6-33: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - GAS PRESSURE
Purpose:
Model gas pressure.
I6-32: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - RANDOM MOTION IN GASES
Purpose:
Model random molecular motion.
I5-51: SPECIFIC HEAT - ALUMINUM AND COPPER
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Illustrate calorimitry and to determine experimentally the specific heats of aluminum and of copper.
I5-02: TRANSFORMATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO HEAT
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate transformation of mechanical energy into heat.
I4-32: FREEZING WATER BY PUMPING
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Freeze water by reducing the ambient pressure.
I4-19: CONDENSATION OF STEAM - SODA CAN COLLAPSE
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Surprising demonstration using condensation of steam.
I4-17: AIR BALLOON ON LIQUID NITROGEN
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Demonstrate dramatically that the volume of vapor is greater than the volume of the same amount of liquid.
I4-11: BOILING AT REDUCED PRESSURE
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Demonstrate that water boils at a lower temperature under reduced pressure.
I4-03: LATENT HEAT - ICE TO WATER TO STEAM
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Show latent heat as ice is transformed to water and then to steam.
K7-14: RC CIRCUIT - 100 MICROSECOND TIME CONSTANT
Category: K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose:
Demonstrate a reasonably fast RC circuit.
K8-13: RADIOWAVES - LECHER WIRE STANDING WAVES
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Illustrate standing electromagnetic waves in a high-impedance transmission line.
K6-02: SERIES AND PARALLEL LIGHTS - FIVE BULBS
Category: K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose:
Demonstrate combinations of series and parallel light bulbs.
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G2-01 MASS ON SPRING - HAND HELD
Demonstrates resonance and phase shift at resonance
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G2-02: FORCED HARMONIC MOTION WITH DAMPING - LARGE
Demonstrate and graph driven and damped harmonic motion. Read More
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G2-03: RESONANCE IN TORSIONAL PENDULUM - PROJECTION
Demonstrate quantitatively all aspects of the driven and damped oscillator. Read More
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G2-04: DAMPED OSCILLATIONS
Demonstrate damped harmonic oscillations. Read More
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G2-05: AIR TRACK - DRIVEN AND DAMPED OSCILLATIONS
Illustrate the behavior of a driven and damped oscillator. Read More
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G2-06: FRAHM'S FREQUENCY METER
Check the 60 Hz line voltage frequency. Read More
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G2-07: PSYCHOACOUSTIC VIBRATION TRANSDUCER
Trick your students while illustrating resonance
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G2-08: DRIVEN NONLINEAR OSCILLATOR
Demonstrate amplitude "jumps" and resonance hysteresis in Duffing's equation. Read More
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G2-09: FORCED HARMONIC MOTION WITH SONAR
Plot a graph of forced damped harmonic motion near the resonant frequency. Read More
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G2-11: RESONANT SAW BLADES - HAND DRIVEN
Show that a mechanical oscillator responds with a maximum amplitude to its own resonant frequency. Read More
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G2-12: BARTON'S PENDULUMS
Demonstrate driven resonance. Read More
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G2-21 COUPLED PENDULA
Demonstrates coupling of motion between two pendula of the same length
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G2-22: BAR-COUPLED PENDULA
Demonstrate a coupling resonance and to show normal modes. Read More
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G2-23: SPRING-COUPLED PHYSICAL PENDULA
Demonstrate resonance and normal modes. Read More
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G2-24: COUPLED PENDULA - 100 TO 1 MASS RATIO
Illustrate mechanical resonance. Read More
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G2-25: COUPLED PENDULA - 1000:100:10:1 MASS RATIO.
Illustrate a complex resonance system. Read More
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G2-26: COUPLED AIR TRACK GLIDERS
Demonstrate coupled oscillations and normal modes in a system of two identical coupled air track gliders. Read More
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G2-27: COUPLED SERIES MASSES HANGING ON SPRINGS
Illustrate coupled oscillations and normal modes. Read More
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G2-28: COUPLED PENDULA WITH VARIABLE DRIVER
Show that the maximum coupling occurs between pendula of the same length. Read More
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G2-41: WILBERFORCE PENDULUM
Demonstrate a linear coupling resonance and normal modes. Read More
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G2-42: ELASTIC PENDULUM
Demonstrate a non-linear coupling resonance and stable fixed points. Read More
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