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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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J4-01 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR
Demonstrates that potential difference across a capacitor is proportional to the plate separation
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J4-03: PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR - SERIES CAPACITORS
Demonstrate the effect of capacitors in series. Read More
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J4-04 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR - IONIZATION OF AIR
Demonstrates the mobility of ions
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J4-12: ELECTROSTATIC FORCE - MOVING LUMBER
Demonstrate polarization of water molecules. Read More
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J4-13: MATCHSTICK ON NICKLE UNDER GLASS
A simple trick easily solved with the application of electrostatic force and the polar nature of water molecules. Read More
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J4-21: COLOR FILTER MODEL OF CHARGED DIELECTRIC
Represent charge separation in a capacitor dielectric. Read More
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J4-22 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR WITH DIELECTRIC
Demonstrates that inserting a dielectric into a capacitor increases the capacitance Read More
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J4-23: POLARIZATION OF DIELECTRIC - DISSECTIBLE LEYDEN JAR
Demonstrate that energy is stored in a capacitor as charge separation in the dielectric. Read More
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J4-24: FORCE ON DIELECTRIC IN ELECTRIC FIELD
Demonstrate the force on a dielectric in an electric field. Read More
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J4-31 ENERGY STORED IN A CAPACITOR
Demonstrates that energy is stored in a capacitor and how that energy may be used
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J4-32 DISCHARGE OF CAPACITOR WITH BANG
Demonstrates that capacitors store electrical energy
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J4-41: CAPACITORS
Display a variety of capacitors
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J4-42: CAPACITORS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL
Demonstrate the voltage/charge/capacitance relationships in series and parallel capacitor circuits. Read More
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J4-43: CAPACITORS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL WITH PROJECTION METER
Illustrate voltage relations in series and parallel capacitor circuits. Read More
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J4-51: THEREMIN
Demonstrate the theremin Read More
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