PHYS141
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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H2-01: FOCUSING OF SOUND WITH CONCAVE REFLECTORS
Demonstrate how sound waves can be focused by concave reflectors. Read More
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H2-02: PARABOLIC MICROPHONE
Show what a parabolic microphone is and to demonstrate its sensitivity individually. Read More
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H2-03: ACOUSTIC RADAR
Illustrate how RADAR and SONAR work Read More
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H2-11: SOUND LENS
Demonstrate focusing of sound by refraction in a sound lens Read More
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H2-21 AUDIBLE YOUNG'S EXPERIMENT - GROUP LISTENING
Demonstrates interference of sound waves with two coherent sources
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H2-22: INTERFERENCE - TRANSPARENCIES
An optical analog to the interference pattern from two identical sound sources. Read More
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H2-24: AUDIBLE YOUNG'S EXPERIMENT - MIC AND SCOPE
Demonstrate interference of sound with two coherent sound sources in a quantitative way. Read More
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H2-25: QUINCKE'S INTERFERENCE TUBES
Demonstrate interference of sound waves in a perhaps surprising way. Read More
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H2-26: PHASE REVERSAL BETWEEN STEREO SPEAKERS - MUSIC
Demonstrate interference of sound in a dramatic way. Read More
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H2-27: PHASE REVERSAL BETWEEN STEREO SPEAKERS - OSCILLATOR
Dramatically demonstrate interference between two identical sources. Read More
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H2-28: FOURIER SYNTHESIZER - ADDITION OF WAVES
Demonstrate addition of two sine waves with variable phase difference. Read More
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H2-31: ACOUSTIC COLLIMATOR
Demonstrate the effect of frequency on diffraction of sound. Read More
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H2-32: SPEAKER WITH BAFFLE
Demonstrates diffraction and interference of sound waves
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H2-33: SPEAKER AND EXPONENTIAL HORN
Demonstrate the effect of an exponential horn enclosure. Read More
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H2-41 DOPPLER BALL
Demonstrates Doppler effect
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H2-42 DOPPLER EFFECT - TUNING FORK ON STRING
Demonstrates Doppler effect
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H2-51 BEATS - AUDIO OSCILLATORS, SPEAKER & OSCILLOSCOPE
Hear audio beats and see their wave forms on an oscilloscope
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H2-52: BEATS AND RESONANCE - TUNING BARS
Demonstrate beats, and to demonstrate resonance between two identical tuning bar resonators. Read More
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H2-53 BEATS - AUDIO OSCILLATORS AND SPEAKERS
Hear beats
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H2-54: BEATS - MOIRE PATTERN MODEL
Model for beats between mistuned audio oscillators. Read More
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H2-55: BEATS AND RESONANCE - TUNING BOXES
Illustrate beats and resonance. Read More
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