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J2-33: TESLA COIL - PORTABLE
Purpose:
Easy-to-use high-voltage device for use in various demonstrations or just to draw a nice spark.
J2-01: WIMSHURST MACHINE
Purpose:
Generate high electrostatic potentials.
J1-13: ELECTROSTATIC INDUCTION
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Illustrate charging by induction.
L6-08: REAL IMAGE OF CONVERGING LENS - LIGHT BULB
Category: L6 Lenses
Purpose:
Show the real image of a converging lens.
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.
G3-29: SUSPENDED SLINKY - PORTABLE
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show longitudinal and transverse traveling waves and standing waves.
G3-27: AIR TABLE - TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal waves using an air table.
G3-26: AIR TRACK - LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate longitudinal waves with a series of spring-coupled air track gliders.
G3-24: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - TRAVELING WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show travelling waves.
G3-05: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - PARTIAL REFLECTIONS
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show that a wave will be partially reflected at a point where the impedance changes.
G3-04: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - STANDING WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves.
G3-03: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - REFLECTION OF PULSES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate reflection of pulses from fixed ends and free ends.
G3-02: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate constructive and destructive interference using pulses.
L5-13: PLEXIGLASS SPIRAL WITH LASER
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrate total internal reflection with laser light.
G1-17: PENDULUM WITH LARGE-ANGLE OSCILLATION - PORTABLE
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate large-angle pendular oscillations and the 360 degree pendulum.
G2-11: RESONANT SAW BLADES - HAND DRIVEN
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Show that a mechanical oscillator responds with a maximum amplitude to its own resonant frequency.
G2-05: AIR TRACK - DRIVEN AND DAMPED OSCILLATIONS
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Illustrate the behavior of a driven and damped oscillator.
M2-03: LASER DIFFRACTION - POISSON'S BRIGHT SPOT
Category: M2 Diffraction - Circular
Purpose:
Demonstrate the Poisson (or Arago) bright spot.
G4-14: SPOUTING BOWL
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate resonance in a dramatic way
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J3-01: EXISTENCE OF ELECTRIC FIELDS
Demonstrate the existence of electric fields and to map them semi-quantitatively Read More
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J3-02: ELECTRIC FIELD OF RING OF CHARGE - MODEL
Aid in the visualization of the electric field of a ring of charge Read More
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J3-04: ELECTRIC FIELD LINES - SOAP BUBBLES
Show the shape of electric field lines for a large dipole by observing soap bubbles move along the lines Read More
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J3-05: VAN DE GRAAFF - INDUCTION WITH SPHERES AND NEON BULB
Demonstrate the existence of electric fields and to identify the polarity of the charge on a sphere Read More
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J3-06 ELLIPSOIDAL CONDUCTOR
Demonstrates that charge distribution on a conductor depends on the surface curvature Read More
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J3-07: VAN DE GRAAFF - DISCHARGE TO VARIOUS RADII
Demonstrate that for a charged conductor a smaller radius produces a higher electric field Read More
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J3-08 VAN DE GRAAFFS - INTERACTING FIELDS
Shows field lines for two identical charges Read More
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J3-11: EQUIPOTENTIALS/LINES OF FORCE - ONE CHARGE
Aid in visualization of equipotentials and lines of force Read More
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J3-13 POTENTIAL SURFACE MODEL WITH E FIELD VECTORS
Illustrates the relationship between the electrostatic potential and the electric field Read More
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J3-14 FLUX MODEL - ELECTROSTATICS
Aid in visualizing flux at an angle through a surface Read More
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J3-21 FARADAY CAGE
Demonstrates that the electric field within a closed conducting surface is zero Read More
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J3-22: FARADAY CAGE - ELECTROSCOPE
Demonstrate that the electric field within a closed surface is zero Read More
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J3-23 FARADAY CAGE - RADIOWAVES
Demonstrates that radio waves cannot penetrate a Faraday cage Read More
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J3-24 HOLLOW CONDUCTING SPHERE
Demonstrates that charge resides on the outside surface of a conductor Read More
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