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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.
I5-03: MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT OF HEAT - JOULE'S METHOD
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Determine the mechanical equivalent of 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.
I4-13: CHANGE OF STATE OF LN - POPPING CAN LID
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Show the increase in volume which accompanies the transition from liquid to gaseous nitrogen.
I3-43: TIRE PRESSURE - UNLOADED AND LOADED
Category: I3 Gases
Purpose:
Show that tire pressure does not change when the tire is loaded within its normal operating limits.
I3-31: IDEAL GAS LAW - VOLUME OF ONE MOLE
Category: I3 Gases
Purpose:
Demonstrate that one mole of gas occupies 22.4 liters at STP.
H3-23: RESONANCE TUBE - OSCILLATOR, PLUNGER AND MICROPHONE
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing sound waves in a closed tube.
H3-13: ROARING TUBE - 8 FT
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing sound waves in air excited by convection currents.
H3-05: KUNDT'S TUBE - OSCILLATOR DRIVEN
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves in an air column.
H2-55: BEATS AND RESONANCE - TUNING BOXES
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Illustrate beats and resonance.
H2-26: PHASE REVERSAL BETWEEN STEREO SPEAKERS - MUSIC
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate interference of sound in a dramatic way.
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.
G1-82: PENDULUM WAVES
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Create waves in a very dramatic way using a series of fifteen carefully adjusted independent pendula.
G1-54: MASS'S DOUBLE PENDULUM
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate the transition of potential energy into energy of oscillation of the pendulum, and the operation of an escapement.
G1-35: MASS ON SPRING - EFFICIENT MODEL
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the motion of a mass on a spring.
G1-34: AIR TRACK - SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate simple harmonic motion of a mass held by two springs.
F2-07: BUOYANCY - PEPSI AND DIET PEPSI
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Show the difference in density between soft drinks with and without sugar.
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G3-01 SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - TRAVELING WAVES
Demonstrates traveling waves
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G3-02: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES
Demonstrate constructive and destructive interference using pulses. Read More
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G3-03: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - REFLECTION OF PULSES
Demonstrate reflection of pulses from fixed ends and free ends.
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G3-04: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - STANDING WAVES
Demonstrate standing waves. Read More
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G3-05: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - PARTIAL REFLECTIONS
Show that a wave will be partially reflected at a point where the impedance changes. Read More
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G3-06: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - IMPEDANCE MATCHING
Show that no reflection occurs when the impedance of the load (absorber at right) matches the impedance of the wave machine. Read More
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G3-07: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - TAPERED TRANSFORMER
Useful for obtaining a reasonably good impedance match between the two large segments of the Shive machine. Read More
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G3-08: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - FABREY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER
Demonstrate the mechanical analog of the optical Fabrey-Perot interferometer. Read More
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G3-09: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - FREQUENCY FILTERING
Demonstrate the mechanical analog of the optical Fabrey-Perot interferometer. Read More
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G3-10: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - BRANCHING
Demonstrate branching and recombining with two wave machines in parallel. Read More
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G3-11: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - RESONANCE ABSORPTION
Demonstrate resonance absorption of wave energy by a mass-on-spring system. Read More
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G3-20: WAVE APPARATUS
Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal wave motion. Read More
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G3-21 TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING
Demonstrates traveling waves
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G3-23: TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING - FREE END
Show reflections at a free end. Read More
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G3-24: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - TRAVELING WAVES
Show travelling waves. Read More
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G3-25: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - IMPEDANCE MISMATCH
Show partial reflections and dependence of wave speed on density of the medium. Read More
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G3-26: AIR TRACK - LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Demonstrate longitudinal waves with a series of spring-coupled air track gliders. Read More
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G3-27: AIR TABLE - TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal waves using an air table. Read More
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G3-28 SUSPENDED SLINKY
Shows longitudinal and transverse traveling waves & standing waves
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G3-29: SUSPENDED SLINKY - PORTABLE
Show longitudinal and transverse traveling waves and standing waves. Read More
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G3-31: Spring and Horns
Show sound waves from a mechanical wave Read More
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G3-41: WAVE MODELS - PROJECTION
Demonstrate standing waves, travelling waves, and superposition of waves. Read More
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G3-42: TORSIONAL WAVES
Demonstrate wave phenomena such as traveling waves, standing waves, and reflection of waves Read More
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G3-43 WHIP
Illustrates transverse wave motion.
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G3-45: RESONANCE OF WIRES
Show standing waves in heavy wires fixed at one end. Read More
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G3-46: STANDING WAVES IN A WIRE LOOP
Illustrate circular standing waves; to use as a model of stationary states in atoms corresponding to standing waves of electrons… Read More
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G3-51 ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - FREQUENCY VS. WAVELENGTH
Show standing waves in heavy wires fixed at one end. Read More
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G3-52: ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - ROPE TENSION VS WAVELENGTH
Observe the change in wavelength of a vibrating rope as the tension is varied. Read More
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G3-53 STANDING WAVES IN A STRING
Demonstrates standing waves on a thin string
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