PHYS122
M3-01 MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER - LASER LIGHT
Category: M3 Interferometers
Purpose:
Shows laser light fringes using a Michelson interferometer
M1-11 LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED DOUBLE SLITS
Purpose:
Demonstrates double slit interference
L6-12 MAGNIFYING LENS IN WATER
Category: L6 Lenses
Purpose:
Shows that focal properties of a lens depend on the medium in which the lens is located
L5-14: LASER AND PLEXIGLASS TUBE
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection
L4-31 DISAPPEARANCE OF GLASS IN LIQUID
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates how index of refraction affects what wesee in a fluid bath
L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle.
L3-31 GIANT 160cm MIRROR - CONCAVE AND CONVEX
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates images from concave and convex mirrors
L3-19 PENNY AND PARABOLIC MIRRORS
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Classic illusion of penny levitating above a pair of parabolic concave mirrors
L3-14 LARGE CONCAVE MIRROR (60cm)
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Shows types of images from a concave mirror
L3-03 LARGE CONVEX MIRROR (60cm)
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Shows the image from a convex mirror
L2-06 MAGIC TRICK - DISAPPEARING RABBIT
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Plane-mirror magic trick
K8-45 RADIO WAVES FROM SPARK
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Demonstrates that a spark contains radio waves
K8-01 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE - MODEL
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Shows the relationship between the electric and magnetic field vectors in a plane-polarized traveling electromagnetic wave
K7-11 RC CIRCUIT - RC TIME CONSTANT - OSCILLOSCOPE
Category: K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose:
Observe the shape of the charging and discharging curves. Measures an RC time constant.
K7-03 INDUCTOR DELAYING A LAMP
Category: K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose:
Demonstrates the timing of current in a switched inductor circuit
K6-11 CIRCUIT PARADOXES
Category: K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose:
Series-parallel circuits to encourage dicussion about DC circuits
K6-03 SERIES AND PARALLEL LIGHTS - BATTERY AND CLIP-ON WIRES
Category: K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose:
Shows voltages and currents in series & parallel circuits
K6-01 SERIES AND PARALLEL LIGHTS - TWO BULBS
Category: K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose:
Demonstrates the effect of series and parallel connections of two identical light bulbs
K5-33 CONDUCTIVITY OF SALT SOLUTION
Category: K5 Electrical Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Shows that pure water is not conducting, but a solution of an electrolyte is conducting
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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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