PHYS272

K8-46: Radio Waves & Faraday Cage

Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources

Purpose: Demonstrates that radio waves do not penetrate a Faraday cage

P2-24: GIANT-LIGHT BULB

Category: P2 Quantum Mechanics

Purpose: Demonstrate color and intensity changes of blackbody radiation with temperature.

K7-61: TESLA COIL

Category: K7 RLC Circuits

Purpose: Demonstrate a tesla coil, including how magnetic induction and a resonant RLC circuit is used in the production of high-voltage high-frequency sparks.

K7-41: RC CIRCUIT - DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION

Category: K7 RLC Circuits

Purpose: Demonstrate differentiation and integration using RC circuits.

K7-15: CURRENT IN RC CIRCUIT?

Category: K7 RLC Circuits

Purpose: Demonstrate charging of a capacitor in a possibly counterintuitive way.

K7-12: RC CIRCUIT - RC TIME CONSTANT - PROJECTION METERS

Category: K7 RLC Circuits

Purpose: Measure an RC time constant and to observe the shape of the charging and discharging curves.

K8-52: MICROWAVE MAGNETRON

Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources

Purpose: Show students what the magnetron tube from a typical microwave oven looks like.

K8-44: RADIOWAVES - COUPLING OF WAVES

Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources

Purpose: Illustrate inductive coupling using radio waves.

K6-12: SERIES/PARALLEL LIGHT CIRCUIT CONUNDRUM

Category: K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments

Purpose: Test your ability to analyze series/parallel circuit.

K5-44: NON-OHMIC DEVICE - LIGHT BULB

Category: K5 Electrical Properties of Matter

Purpose: Show the change in resistance of a light bulb with temperature.

K5-32: RESISTANCE VS DIAMETER AND LENGTH

Category: K5 Electrical Properties of Matter

Purpose: Determine how resistance varies as a function of diameter and length for the same material.

K5-35: RESISTORS AT LN TEMPERATURE

Category: K5 Electrical Properties of Matter

Purpose: Illustrate materials with both positive and negative temperature coefficients of resistivity.

K5-23: ROTATING TWO-COLOR LED

Category: K5 Electrical Properties of Matter

Purpose: Demonstrate that what comes out of a 110 VAC plug is in fact alternating current.

K5-14: ELECTRIC CELL

Category: K5 Electrical Properties of Matter

Purpose: Demonstrate how an electric cell is formed.

K5-13: ELECTRIC CURRENT - MODEL

Category: K5 Electrical Properties of Matter

Purpose: Indicate how electrons really flow through a conductor.

K4-06: MAGNETOELECTRIC GENERATOR WITH CAPACITOR

Category: K4 Motors and Generators

Purpose: Demonstrate that the generator is producing electrical energy, and that the capacitor stores electrical energy; also that a generator can run in reverse as a motor.