PHYS270
L5-11 LASER WATERFALL
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection of a laser beam in a water jet
L4-23 BENDING OF LASER BEAM IN SUGAR SOLUTION
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a medium with a continually varying index of refraction
L4-01 OPTICAL BOARD - RECTANGULAR SLAB
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates refraction. Shows displacement of rays in a uniform slab of glass
L3-31 GIANT 160cm MIRROR - CONCAVE AND CONVEX
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates images from concave and convex mirrors
L3-16 FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES BY MIRRORS
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates that concave mirrors can focus heat waves
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
L2-05 PERVERTED IMAGE - AXES IN MIRROR
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Investigation of the nature of images from a plane mirror
L2-01 OPTICAL BOARD - PLANE MIRROR
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates reflection from a plane mirror
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
K7-03 INDUCTOR DELAYING A LAMP
Category: K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose:
Demonstrates the timing of current in a switched inductor circuit
K7-02 RL CIRCUIT - L/R TIME CONSTANT
Category: K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose:
Shows L/R time constant for a slow circuit
K4-02 MAGNETOELECTRIC GENERATOR WITH LAMP
Category: K4 Motors and Generators
Purpose:
Demonstrates a small 110 VAC magnetoelectric generator
K2-62 CAN SMASHER - ELECTROMAGNETIC
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Blasts a soda can into two pieces using electromagnetism
K2-61 THOMSON'S COIL
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a number of concepts in magnetic induction
K2-44 EDDY CURRENT PENDULUM
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Shows the damping of pendula due to eddy currents
K2-42 LENZ'S LAW - MAGNET IN ALUMINUM TUBE
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Demonstrates Lenz's law
K2-22 INDUCTION COIL WITH LIGHT BULB
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Demonstrates megnetic induction with 110 VAC
K2-04 FARADAY'S EXPERIMENT - EME SET - 20, 40, 80 TURN COILS
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Shows that the induced current is proportional to the number of turns in the secondary coil
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M7-01: MICROWAVES - POLARIZATION
Demonstrate polarization of microwaves and the show how microwaves are polarized. Read More
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M7-02: RADIOWAVES - POLARIZATION
Demonstrate polarization of radio waves due to antenna orit\entation. Read More
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M7-03 TWO POLAROIDS AND LIGHT SOURCE
Demonstrates polarization of light
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M7-04: MALUS' LAW
Demonstrate how the intensity changes in a polarized and analyzed light beam. Read More
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M7-05: ROPE AND COOKIE COOLERS
Demonstrate the concept of polarization of a transverse wave. Read More
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M7-06: ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - POLARIZATION
Illustrate polarization of a rope wave. Read More
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M7-07: THREE CROSSED POLAROIDS - E FIELD COMPONENTS
Demonstrate the vector nature of an electric field by crossing polarizers. Read More
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M7-08: MICROWAVES - MALUS' LAW
Demonstrate Malus' law using microwaves. Read More
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M7-11: OPTICAL BOARD - BREWSTER'S ANGLE
Demonstrate polarization of an internally reflected light beam, and to demonstrate Brewster's angle. Read More
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M7-12: BREWSTER'S ANGLE - POLAROID AND TWO REFLECTORS
Demonstrate polarization by reflection. Read More
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M7-13: BREWSTER'S ANGLE - SEMICIRCULAR LUCITE SLAB
Demonstrate polarization at Brewster's angle. Read More
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M7-14: BREWSTER'S WINDOW
Demonstrate polarization by reflection. Read More
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M7-15: LINEAR AND ELLIP POLARIZATION - REFL FROM DIEL AND COND
Demonstrate polarization effects in reflections from dielectric and conducting surfaces. Read More
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M7-16: REFLECTION OF POLARIZED LIGHT FROM CONDUCTOR AND DIELECTRIC
Show polarization effects for light reflection off various surfaces, and to demonstrate the Brewster angle. Read More
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M7-17: REFLECTION OF LIGHT FROM DIELECTRIC AND CONDUCTOR
Demonstrate how light is polarized when it reflects from dielectric surfaces, and remains unpolarized after reflecting from conducting surfaces. Read More
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M7-18: POLAROID SUNGLASSES
Demonstrate how polaroid sunglasses work using a pair of clip-on polaroid sunglasses. Read More
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M7-31 TYNDALL'S EXPERIMENT - COLLOIDAL SUNSET
Colloidal sunset demonstration. Read More
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M7-32: TRANSVERSE NATURE OF LIGHT
Demonstrate scattering of light and polarization of scattered light. Read More
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M7-33: DEPOLARIZATION BY SCATTERING - WAX PAPER
Demonstrate how scattering can depolarize light. Read More
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M7-34: ROTATION OF POLARIZATION - POLAROID AND WAX PAPER
Demonstrate two ways to change the polarization of light. Read More
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M7-41: SCATTERING OF LASER BEAM
Show scattering of light. Read More
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