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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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G4-02 RIPPLE TANK
Illustrates wave phenomena water surface
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G4-03: RIPPLE TANK - DOPPLER EFFECT
Show how wave fronts crowd together in front of and spread out behind a moving source.
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G4-11: SOAP FILM OSCILLATIONS
Demonstrate standing waves in a two-dimensional medium.
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G4-12: STANDING WAVES ON A SOAP FILM
Demonstrate standing waves in a circular membrane. Read More
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G4-13: DRUM HEAD STANDING WAVES
Demonstrate standing waves in a circular membrane.
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G4-14: SPOUTING BOWL
Demonstrate resonance in a dramatic way
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G4-21: CHLADNI FIGURES - BOWED
Show two-dimensional standing waves in a metal plate
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G4-22: CHLADNI FIGURES - OSCILLATOR DRIVEN
Show two-dimensional standing waves in a metal plate
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G4-31: MOIRE PATTERNS
Show a type of interference pattern.
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G4-32: MOIRE PATTERNS - COLOR
Show color "interference" effects.
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G4-33: GROUP VELOCITY - TRANSPARENCIES
Demonstrate the relationship between the wave velocity and the group velocity
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