PHYS270
K2-43: LENZ'S LAW - PERMANENT MAGNET AND COILS
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Demonstrate Lenz's law
L2-61: MIRROR TILES WITH LIGHT BULB
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Show multiple reflections using two mirrors
K4-21: ST. LOUIS MOTOR
Category: K4 Motors and Generators
Purpose:
Demonstrate the structure and operation of a simple motor
M4-02: NEWTON'S RINGS - PROJECTION
Category: M4 Thin Film Interference
Purpose:
Demonstrate a well-known interference pattern
K8-42: RADIOWAVES - ENERGY AND DIPOLE PATTERN
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Demonstrates transmission of energy in electromagnetic waves. Shows the radiation pattern of the dipole antenna
P2-22 BICHSEL BOXES - BLACK BODY RADIATION
Category: P2 Quantum Mechanics
Purpose:
Demonstrates Kirchoff's law of radiation
P2-13: ELECTRON DIFFRACTION
Category: P2 Quantum Mechanics
Purpose:
Demonstrates the wave properties of electrons
P1-02: LOCAL INERTIAL FRAME OF REFERENCE
Category: P1 Relativity
Purpose:
Illustrates an inertial frame of reference
M7-31 TYNDALL'S EXPERIMENT - COLLOIDAL SUNSET
Category: M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
Purpose:
Colloidal sunset demonstration
M3-01 MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER - LASER LIGHT
Category: M3 Interferometers
Purpose:
Shows laser light fringes using a Michelson interferometer
M2-01 LASER DIFFRACTION - PINHOLES
Category: M2 Diffraction - Circular
Purpose:
Demonstrates laser diffraction by pinholes
M1-11 LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED DOUBLE SLITS
Purpose:
Demonstrates double slit interference
M1-02 LASER DIFFRACTION - VARIABLE SINGLE SLIT
Purpose:
Demonstrates single slit diffraction
L6-12 MAGNIFYING LENS IN WATER
Category: L6 Lenses
Purpose:
Shows that focal properties of a lens depend on the medium in which the lens is located
L5-23 FIBER OPTICS TREE
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection
L5-14: LASER AND PLEXIGLASS TUBE
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection
L5-12 PLEXIGLASS SPIRAL
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection
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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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