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I3-20: COLLAPSE OF CAN - LARGE CAN WITH MALLET
Category: I3 Gases
Purpose:
Demonstrate collapse of a can by atmospheric pressure.
K5-35: RESISTORS AT LN TEMPERATURE
Category: K5 Electrical Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Illustrate materials with both positive and negative temperature coefficients of resistivity.
I3-14: MAGDEBURG HEMISPHERES
Category: I3 Gases
Purpose:
Demonstrate force arising from the atmospheric pressure of air.
I2-27: THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN ALUMINUM AND COPPER
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
Show process of thermal equilibrium happening between touching aluminum and copper cylinders.
I2-24: THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY IN WATER
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
Demonstrate that water is a poor conductor of heat.
I1-22: WATER DENSITY VS TEMPERATURE
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Demonstrate the change in the density of water with temperature.
I1-01: THERMOMETERS
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Show several types of thermometers.
J4-03: PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR - SERIES CAPACITORS
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrate the effect of capacitors in series.
J3-22: FARADAY CAGE - ELECTROSCOPE
Category: J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose:
Demonstrate that the electric field within a closed surface is zero.
J3-11: EQUIPOTENTIALS/LINES OF FORCE - ONE CHARGE
Category: J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose:
Aid in visualization of equipotentials and lines of force.
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.
J1-41: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrate the difference between materials that conduct electricity and those that do not.
H3-11: TUNING FORKS AND RESONANT TUBE
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Illustrate resonance in an air column.
H2-54: BEATS - MOIRE PATTERN MODEL
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Model for beats between mistuned audio oscillators.
G3-52: ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - ROPE TENSION VS WAVELENGTH
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Observe the change in wavelength of a vibrating rope as the tension is varied.
G3-27: AIR TABLE - TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal waves using an air table.
G3-26: AIR TRACK - LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate longitudinal waves with a series of spring-coupled air track gliders.
G3-24: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - TRAVELING WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show travelling waves.
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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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