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C7-19: GAUSSIAN GUN
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate transfer of energy in an elastic collision
I6-25: DIFFUSION - DISTRIBUTION OF PING PONG BALLS
Purpose:
Demonstrate on a macroscopic scale using ping pong balls how random molecular motion causes substances to diffuse.
I3-15: MAGDEBURG HEMISPHERES - PORTABLE
Category: I3 Gases
Purpose:
Demonstrate forces arising from atmospheric air pressure.
I3-14: MAGDEBURG HEMISPHERES
Category: I3 Gases
Purpose:
Demonstrate force arising from the atmospheric pressure of air.
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.
F4-63: MARIOTTE'S BOTTLE
Category: F4 Fluid in Motion
Purpose:
Show the range of water jets from different heights along a water column.
F4-05: PARACHUTE TOY
Category: F4 Fluid in Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate how a parachute quickly reaches its terminal velocity.
F4-01: VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS
Category: F4 Fluid in Motion
Purpose:
Compare the viscosities of water and mineral oil.
F3-31: WATER BELL
Category: F3 Surface Tension
Purpose:
Demonstrate surface tension in an artistic manner.
F3-02: SURFACE TENSION - BALLOONS
Category: F3 Surface Tension
Purpose:
demonstrate surface tension in a counterintuitive way.
F2-31: BUOYANT BALLS IN BEANS
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate buoyancy in a surprising way.
F2-26: BUOYANCY PARADOX - BALL IN TWO LIQUIDS
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate buoyancy with a counterintuitive element.
F2-03: CARTESIAN DIVER - EXPLICIT VERSION
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate explicitly how a cartesian diver works by showing how the water enters the diver when the pressure in the cylinder is increased.
F2-02: CARTESIAN DIVER
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate a variety of fluid mechanics phenomena, including the compressibility of a gas, the incompressibility of water, Boyle's law, Pascal's law, and Archimedes' law.
F1-13: CONSTANT WATER PRESSURE
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate a mechanism which produces a constant water pressure.
F1-11: HYDRAULIC PRESS
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate dramatically Pascal's Law and the large forces attainable using hydraulic systems.
F1-04: EQUILIBRIUM TUBES
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate that pressure is transmitted equally throughout a fluid.
F1-02: FLUID PRESSURE VS DEPTH - ANEROID GAUGE
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Show water pressure versus depth with an aneroid gauge.
B4-11: ELASTIC LIMIT OF RUBBER BAND
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Demonstrate Hooke's law and elastic limit.
C7-42: AIR TABLE - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Qualitatively demonstrate elastic and inelastic two-dimensional collisions.
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I6-01 GAS PRESSURE - MODEL
Illustrates the molecular nature of gas pressure
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I6-02: NITROGEN DIAMETER AND MEAN FREE PATH
Experimentally determine the diameter of the nitrogen molecule and to determine the order of magnitude of the mean free path… Read More
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I6-03 EQUIPARTITION OF ENERGY
Demonstrates equipartition of energy
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I6-11: BROWNIAN MOTION WITH TV
Demonstrates equipartition of energy
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I6-13: AIR TABLE - MODEL OF BROWNIAN MOTION
Simple model of Brownian motion. Read More
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I6-21 GAS DIFFUSION - MODEL
Models gas diffusion through a small hole
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I6-22: IODINE DIFFUSION TUBES
Demonstrate diffusion. Read More
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I6-23 DIFFUSION - FOOD COLOR IN WATER
Demonstrates diffusion
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I6-24: DIFFUSION VELOCITY
Show that the diffusion velocity is proportional to the RMS molecular velocity. Read More
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I6-25: DIFFUSION - DISTRIBUTION OF PING PONG BALLS
Demonstrate on a macroscopic scale using ping pong balls how random molecular motion causes substances to diffuse. Read More
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I6-31: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - BROWNIAN MOTION
Model Brownian motion. Read More
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I6-32: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - RANDOM MOTION IN GASES
Model random molecular motion. Read More
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I6-33: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - GAS PRESSURE
Model gas pressure. Read More
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I6-34: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - TEMPERATURE OF A GAS
Model gas pressure. Read More
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I6-35: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - DIFFUSION
Model gas diffusion. Read More
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I6-36: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - AVOGADRO'S HYPOTHESIS
Help justify Avogadro's hypothesis using a model. Read More
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I6-37: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - VAN DER WALLS FORCES
Introduce the concept of attractive force between molecules. Read More
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I6-38: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - BOYLE'S LAW
Model Boyle's law. Read More
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I6-39: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - CHARLES' LAW
Model Charles' law. Read More
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I6-40: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - SOLIDS
Model the behavior of solids. Read More
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I6-41: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - LIQUIDS
Model the behavior of liquids. Read More
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I6-51 ENTROPY - SORTING MARBLES
Demonstrates that increasing entropy requires less energy than decreasing entropy
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I6-52: ENTROPY - FOUR BALLS IN GAS DIFFUSION MODEL
Demonstrate that an ordered state is statistically possible. Read More
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I6-61: MAXWELL'S DEMON
Example of a "Maxwell Demon." Read More
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