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PHYS105


K6-22: ENERGY CONVERSION - IMMERSION HEATER

Purpose: Demonstrate quantitatively the conversion of electrical energy into heat.

K5-23: ROTATING TWO-COLOR LED

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

I3-16: COLLAPSE OF CAN - LARGE PUMP

Category: I3 Gases

Purpose: Demonstrate the forces created by atmospheric air pressure.

K5-14: ELECTRIC CELL

Purpose: Demonstrate how an electric cell is formed.

K4-09: BICYCLE GENERATOR - LIGHT BULBs VS CFLs

Purpose: Compare brightness and power requirements of regular tungsten filament light bulbs and compact fluorescent lamps.

I2-45: CONVECTION - HIGH/LOW CANDLES IN CYLINDER

Purpose: Brainteaser regarding convection.

I2-27: THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN ALUMINUM AND COPPER

Purpose: Show process of thermal equilibrium happening between touching aluminum and copper cylinders.

C8-22: ENERGY CONVERSION - SUPERBALL AND SOUNDING BOARD

Purpose: Show transformation of energy from one form to another.

C8-21: ROCK AND WASTE BASKET

Purpose: Demonstrate conservation of energy in a humorous way.

O4-33: IMPOSSIBLE TRIANGLE

Purpose: Classic impossible triangle illusion with a twist.

O4-31: TRAPEZOIDAL WINDOW

Purpose: Classic depth illusion.

I1-63: HYDROGEN EXPLOSION

Purpose: Produce a hydrogen explosion

N1-07: VARIATION OF SPECTRUM WITH LAMP INTENSITY

Purpose: Demonstrate continuous spectrum as the brightness of the source changes

P4-06 RADIOACTIVE CONSUMER PRODUCTS

Purpose: Shows some consumer products and naturally occuring materials that are weakly radioactive

P2-06 PHOTOELECTRIC TRUCK

Purpose: Demonstrates solar cells

O2-11 PULFRICH PENDULUM

Category: O2 Visual Latency

Purpose: Demonstrates visual latency and the Pulfrich phenomenon

N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE

Purpose: Demonstrates continuous spectrum

L3-16 FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES BY MIRRORS

Category: L3 Curved Mirrors

Purpose: Demonstrates that concave mirrors can focus heat waves

K6-03 SERIES AND PARALLEL LIGHTS - BATTERY AND CLIP-ON WIRES

Purpose: Shows voltages and currents in series & parallel circuits

K5-33 CONDUCTIVITY OF SALT SOLUTION

Purpose: Shows that pure water is not conducting, but a solution of an electrolyte is conducting
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