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L3-33: VANITY MIRROR
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Show the image produced by a cocave mirror.
B4-33: EGG CRUSHER
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Show that an egg can support unexpectedly high forces due to its curved shape.
L3-25: IMAGE LOCATION WITH TV CAMERA - CONCAVE MIRROR
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Locate the image position for a concave mirror.
B4-21: DEFLECTION OF BEAM - OPTICAL LEVER
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Demonstrate the small deflection of an aluminum beam due to weighting between supports.
B4-14: ELASTIC LIMIT OF WIRE
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Demonstrate the variation in tensile strength with wire diameter.
B4-11: ELASTIC LIMIT OF RUBBER BAND
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Demonstrate Hooke's law and elastic limit.
B4-04: SPRING AND STRING THING
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Illustrate series and parallel springs in a counterintuitive way.
D1-83: SPOOL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Illustrate a counterintuitive problem in rotational dynamics.
D1-82: ROLLING FRICTION
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Show the direction of the frictional force when a rolling object is accelerated.
D1-64: MAXWELL PENDULUM - SMALL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate transformations between gravitational potential energy and rotational kinetic energy.
D1-63: MAXWELL PENDULUM - LARGE
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate transformations between gravitational potential energy and rotational kinetic energy.
D1-55: ROTATING ELASTIC RINGS
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate "centrifugal reaction" and to indicate why the earth is oblate.
D1-42: ROTATING WATER BUCKET WITH SPONGE
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Illustrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction with a trick.
D1-40: CENTRIPETAL FORCE ON ROTATING RUBBER BAND
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction.
D1-39: PENNY AND COAT HANGER
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction in a dramatic way.
D1-31: TRAJECTORY FROM SPIRAL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Show that forces are required to create circular motion.
D1-30: TRAJECTORY FROM CIRCULAR ORBIT - OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Show that the instantaneous velocity of an object executing uniform circular motion is tangent to the circle.
D1-21: ANGULAR VELOCITY - OBERBECK CROSS
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Measure the angular velocity of a rotating object.
E2-54: REFLECTING TELESCOPE - STRING MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Shows how rays are focused by a standard reflecting telescope.
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M1-01: LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED SINGLE SLIT
Demonstrate single slit diffraction. Read More
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M1-02 LASER DIFFRACTION - VARIABLE SINGLE SLIT
Demonstrates single slit diffraction
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M1-04: LASER DIFFRACTION - WIRES
Show diffraction by wires of different size. Read More
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M1-05: FINGERS AND SODIUM SOURCE - VARIABLE SINGLE SLIT
See single slit diffraction. Read More
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M1-06: LASER DIFFRACTION - HUMAN HAIR
Demonstrate laser diffraction with a human hair. Read More
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M1-11 LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED DOUBLE SLITS
Demonstrates double slit interference
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M1-12: INTERFERENCE - TRANSPARENCIES
Analog to the interference pattern from two identical light sources. Read More
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M1-13: INTERFERENCE - KLINGER TRANSPARENT SLIDES
Model interference between two point sources. Read More
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M1-14: MICROWAVES - INTERFERENCE OF TWO POINT SOURCES
Demonstrate interference using microwaves. Read More
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M1-15: MICROWAVES - YOUNG'S DOUBLE SLIT INTERFERENCE
Illustrate two-slit interference using microwaves. Read More
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M1-16: INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT - SOUND WAVE MODEL
Show explicitly how two waves with the same amplitude and frequency will interfere when their relative phase changes. Read More
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M1-21: LASER DIFFRACTION - MULTIPLE SLITS
Show the transition from one slit to multiple slits and the diffraction grating. Read More
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M1-22: LASER DIFFRACTION - GRATINGS
Demonstrate diffraction (well, actually interference) by a grating. Read More
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M1-32: SLITFILMS AND LONG FILAMENT BULB
Diffraction and interference by various slits and combinations of slits. Read More
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M1-33: LASER DIFFFRACTION - PHONOGRAPH RECORD
Demonstrate interference of a laser beam by a type of grating. Read More
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M1-34: LASER DIFFRACTION - COMPACT DISC
Demonstrate interference of a laser beam by a type of grating. Read More
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M1-35: LASER DIFFRACTION - VIDEODISC
Demonstrate diffraction of a laser beam by a standard videodisc. Read More
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M1-41: PEACOCK FEATHER
Demonstrate a type of iridescence. Read More
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M1-42: IRIDESCENT GREEN JUNE BEETLE
Demonstrate a type of iridescence. Read More
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