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K8-46: Radio Waves & Faraday Cage
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Demonstrates that radio waves do not penetrate a Faraday cage
I2-28: WATER BALLOON AND CANDLE
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
To demonstrate the transfer of heat by water
I6-52: ENTROPY - FOUR BALLS IN GAS DIFFUSION MODEL
Purpose:
Demonstrate that an ordered state is statistically possible.
I6-41: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - LIQUIDS
Purpose:
Model the behavior of liquids.
I6-40: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - SOLIDS
Purpose:
Model the behavior of solids.
I6-39: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - CHARLES' LAW
Purpose:
Model Charles' law.
I6-38: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - BOYLE'S LAW
Purpose:
Model Boyle's law.
I6-34: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - TEMPERATURE OF A GAS
Purpose:
Model gas pressure.
I6-33: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - GAS PRESSURE
Purpose:
Model gas pressure.
I6-32: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - RANDOM MOTION IN GASES
Purpose:
Model random molecular motion.
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.
I5-02: TRANSFORMATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO HEAT
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate transformation of mechanical energy into 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.
I4-11: BOILING AT REDUCED PRESSURE
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Demonstrate that water boils at a lower temperature under reduced pressure.
I4-03: LATENT HEAT - ICE TO WATER TO STEAM
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Show latent heat as ice is transformed to water and then to steam.
K7-14: RC CIRCUIT - 100 MICROSECOND TIME CONSTANT
Category: K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose:
Demonstrate a reasonably fast RC circuit.
K8-13: RADIOWAVES - LECHER WIRE STANDING WAVES
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Illustrate standing electromagnetic waves in a high-impedance transmission line.
K6-02: SERIES AND PARALLEL LIGHTS - FIVE BULBS
Category: K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose:
Demonstrate combinations of series and parallel light bulbs.
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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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