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H2-52: BEATS AND RESONANCE - TUNING BARS
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
To demonstrate beats, and to demonstrate resonance between two identical tuning bar resonators.
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
M1-11 LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED DOUBLE SLITS
Purpose:
Demonstrates double slit interference
M1-02 LASER DIFFRACTION - VARIABLE SINGLE SLIT
Purpose:
Demonstrates single slit diffraction
K8-45 RADIO WAVES FROM SPARK
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Demonstrates that a spark contains radio waves
K8-03 LIGHT NANOSECOND
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Shows the distance light travels in one nanosecond
K5-31 OHM'S LAW
Category: K5 Electrical Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Demonstrates relationship between current, voltage, and resistance
K5-12 BATTERY AND CURRENT - WORKING MODEL
Category: K5 Electrical Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Model of battery with circuit attached
K4-02 MAGNETOELECTRIC GENERATOR WITH LAMP
Category: K4 Motors and Generators
Purpose:
Demonstrates a small 110 VAC magnetoelectric generator
K1-14 OSCILLOSCOPE CRT - DEFLECTION BY MAGNET
Category: K1 Forces on Moving Particles
Purpose:
Demonstrates the force on an electron beam by a magnetic field
J5-20 OERSTED EXPERIMENT- LARGE COIL AND COMPASS
Category: J5 Magnetostatics
Purpose:
Demonstrates that magnetic fields are generated around current-carrying wires
J4-32 DISCHARGE OF CAPACITOR WITH BANG
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrates that capacitors store electrical energy
J4-31 ENERGY STORED IN A CAPACITOR
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrates that energy is stored in a capacitor and how that energy may be used
J4-22 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR WITH DIELECTRIC
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrates that inserting a dielectric into a capacitor increases the capacitance
J4-04 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR - IONIZATION OF AIR
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrates the mobility of ions
J4-01 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrates that potential difference across a capacitor is proportional to the plate separation
J3-24 HOLLOW CONDUCTING SPHERE
Category: J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose:
Demonstrates that charge resides on the outside surface of a conductor
J3-23 FARADAY CAGE - RADIOWAVES
Category: J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose:
Demonstrates that radio waves cannot penetrate a Faraday cage
J3-21 FARADAY CAGE
Category: J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose:
Demonstrates that the electric field within a closed conducting surface is zero
J3-14 FLUX MODEL - ELECTROSTATICS
Category: J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose:
Aid in visualizing flux at an angle through a surface
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I4-01: PVT PHASE DIAGRAMS FOR CO2 AND H2O
Three-dimensional PVT phase diagram models. Read More
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I4-02: PVT SURFACE - TRANSPARENT
Illustrate aspects of phase transitions. Read More
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I4-03: LATENT HEAT - ICE TO WATER TO STEAM
Illustrate aspects of phase transitions. Read More
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I4-11: BOILING AT REDUCED PRESSURE
Demonstrate that water boils at a lower temperature under reduced pressure. Read More
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I4-12: BOILING WATER BY PUMPING
Demonstrate water boiling under reduced pressure. Read More
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I4-13: CHANGE OF STATE OF LN - POPPING CAN LID
Show the increase in volume which accompanies the transition from liquid to gaseous nitrogen. Read More
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I4-14: CHANGE OF STATE WITH BANG
Show the increase in volume which accompanies the transition from liquid to gaseous nitrogen. Read More
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I4-15 CONDENSATION OF STEAM - GALLON CAN COLLAPSE
Illustrates forces produced by the pressure drop when steam condenses into water
Read More
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I4-16: DRINKING BIRD
Illustrates forces produced by the pressure drop when steam condenses into water
Read More
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I4-17: AIR BALLOON ON LIQUID NITROGEN
Demonstrate dramatically that the volume of vapor is greater than the volume of the same amount of liquid. Read More
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I4-18: PULSE GLASS
Illustrate change of phase between liquid and vapor in an confined fluid. Read More
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I4-19: CONDENSATION OF STEAM - SODA CAN COLLAPSE
Surprising demonstration using condensation of steam. Read More
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I4-31 ICE BOMB
Demonstrates forces created by freezing water
Read More
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I4-32: FREEZING WATER BY PUMPING
Freeze water by reducing the ambient pressure. Read More
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I4-33: CRYOPHORUS
Illustrate freezing caused by cooling by evaporation. Read More
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I4-34: HAND WARMER
Demonstrate the heat of fusion. Read More
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I4-35: LOWERING THE FREEZING POINT OF WATER USING SALT
Demonstrate that the freezing point of water can be reduced by putting ice in a salt water bath. Read More
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I4-36: REGELATION - ICE UNDER PRESSURE
Demonstrate regelation. Read More
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I4-51: SUBLIMATION OF DRY ICE - PROJECTION
Demonstrate sublimation of carbon dioxide (dry ice) from a solid into a gas. Read More
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I4-52: CARBON DIOXIDE BALLOON ON LIQUID NITROGEN
Demonstrate condensation sublimation. Read More
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I4-61: BINARY PHASE TRANSITION - CRITICAL OPALESCENCE
Show the behavior of a binary fluid as it passes through the critical temperature. Read More
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