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PiP Oct 2015
M7-05: ROPE AND COOKIE COOLERS
Category:
M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the concept of polarization of a transverse wave.
M6-11: HOLOGRAM - MULTIPLEX - BASEBALL
Category:
M6 Holograms
Purpose
:
Rotating 360 degree multiplex hologram.
M4-25: INTERFERENCE IN LARGE SOAP FILM - SODIUM AND WHITE
Category:
M4 Thin Film Interference
Purpose
:
Large interference demonstration for lecture hall use.
L6-21: OPTICAL BOARD - DIVERGING SPHERICAL LENS
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Determine the focal point of a concave lens.
L6-01: OPTICAL BOARD - CONVERGING SPHERICAL LENS
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Show focusing of a spherical (cylindrical) convex lens.
L5-13: PLEXIGLASS SPIRAL WITH LASER
Category:
L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose
:
Demonstrate total internal reflection with laser light.
L5-02: TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION IN LONG TANK
Category:
L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose
:
Demonstrate total internal reflection of a laser light.
N3-31: COLOR SEPARATION TRANSPARENCIES
Category:
N3 Color
Purpose
:
Illustrate color mixing of negative color transparencies.
L4-04: REFRACTION - CAN IN WATER TANK
Category:
L4 Refraction
Purpose
:
Illustrate refraction
L3-18: FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES - OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Category:
L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose
:
Illustrate focusing of heat in a very dramatic way.
L3-11: OPTICAL BOARD - CONCAVE SPHERICAL MIRROR
Category:
L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose
:
Illustrate reflection from a concave spherical mirror.
L2-22: INFINITY MIRROR
Category:
L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose
:
Illusion with half-silvered mirror.
L1-22: OPTICAL BOARD - PINHOLE CAMERA
Category:
L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
Purpose
:
Demonstrate how a pinhole "image" is formed.
M1-01: LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED SINGLE SLIT
Category:
M1 Interference and Diffraction - Slits and Gratings
Purpose
:
Demonstrate single slit diffraction.
N1-22: OPTICAL BOARD - PRISMS - SEPARATE AND RECOMBINE
Category:
N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose
:
Separate white light into its component colors with a prism and use an identical prism to recombine the light.
O3-04: GREENER THAN GREEN
Category:
O3 Color Vision
Purpose
:
Demonstrate negative color afterimage due to saturation.
M7-07: THREE CROSSED POLAROIDS - E FIELD COMPONENTS
Category:
M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
Purpose
:
Demonstrate that electric fields are vectors
N2-02: DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - THREE SOURCES - EXPENDABLE GRATINGS
Category:
N2 Line Spectra
Purpose
:
Demonstrate diffraction spectrum of white light along with line spectra of mercury and cadmium.
L3-21: LIGHT BULB AND PARABOLIC MIRROR
Category:
L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose
:
Optical illusion with real image of a concave mirror
O2-03: PERSISTENCE OF VISION - MAGIC WAND
Category:
O2 Visual Latency
Purpose
:
Demonstrates the persistence of vision
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A General Materials and Mathematics
A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
A2 Mathematics
B Statics
B1 Center of Mass Statics
B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
B3 Simple Machines
B4 Elasticity
C Kinematics and Dynamics
C1 Center of Mass Motion
C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
C3 First Law of Motion
C4 Second Law of Motion
C5 Third Law of Motion
C6 Friction
C7 Collisions
C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
D Rotational Mechanics
D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
D2 Moment of Inertia
D3 Angular Momentum
D4 Gyroscopes
D5 Rotational Esoterica
E Gravitation and Astronomy
E1 Gravitation and Orbits
E2 Astronomy
F Fluid Mechanics
F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
F2 Buoyancy
F3 Surface Tension
F4 Fluid in Motion
F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
G Vibrations and Mechanical Waves
G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
H Sound
H1 Nature of Sound
H2 Wave Properties of Sound
H3 Standing Sound Waves
H4 Music
H5 The Ear
H6 The Voice
I Thermodynamics
I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
I2 Transfer of Heat
I3 Gases
I4 Changes of State
I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
I6 Kinetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics
I7 Solid State and Low Temperature Physics
J Electostatics and Magnetostatics
J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
J2 Electrostatic Devices and Applications
J3 Electric FIelds and Potential
J4 Capacitance and Polarization
J5 Magnetostatics
J6 Electromagnets
J7 Magnetic Materials
K Electromagnetic Principles
K1 Forces on Moving Charges
K2 Electromagnetic Induction
K3 Transformers
K4 Motors and Generators
K5 Electrical Properties of Matter
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
K7 RLC Circuits
K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
L Geometrical Optics
L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
L2 Plane Mirrors
L3 Curved Mirrors
L4 Refraction
L5 Total Internal Reflection
L6 Lenses
L7 Optical Instruments
M Wave Optics
M1 Interference and Diffraction - Slits and Gratings
M2 Diffraction - Circular
M3 Interferometers
M4 Thin Film Interference
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
M6 Holograms
M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
M8 Optical Activity and Birefringence
M9 Circular Polarization
N Spectra and Color
N1 Continuous Spectra
N2 Line Spectra
N3 Color
O Vision
O1 Image Production
O2 Visual Latency
O3 Color Vision
O4 Optical Illusions
P Modern Physics
P1 Relativity
P2 Quantum Mechanics
P3 Atoms and Molecules
P4 Nuclei and Particles
Q Biophysics
Q1 Musculoskeletal Systems
Q2 Organs
Q3 Genetics and Molecular Biology
N2-02: DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - THREE SOURCES - EXPENDABLE GRATINGS
Demonstrate diffraction spectrum of white light along with line spectra of mercury and cadmium.
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N2-03: DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF SODIUM - EXPENDABLE GRATINGS
High-pressure sodium lamp shows both emission and absorption line spectra
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N2-04: DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF SODIUM - PROJECTION
Projected line diffraction spectrum of high-pressure sodium lamp.
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N2-05 DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - MISCELLANEOUS TUBES
Shows several atomic and molecular line spectra
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N2-06: DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF MERCURY - SUPERPRESSURE LAMP
Projected line diffraction spectrum of high-pressure mercury lamp.
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N2-07: DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF HYDROGEN - HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS
Individual viewing of the Balmer series of hydrogen.
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N2-08: SPECTROSCOPE - HYDROGEN SPECTRUM
Individual viewing of the hydrogen spectrum using a student spectrometer.
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N2-09: SPECTROPHOTOMETER
Show how a spectrophotometer works.
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N2-21: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF MERCURY - SUPERPRESSURE LAMP
Show a line spectrum with superposed continuum.
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N2-22: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF SODIUM
Show the spectrum of sodium, but does not resolve the yellow doublet.
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N2-31: ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF CHLOROPHYLL
Demonstrate absorption spectrum of chlorophyll.
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N2-32: ABSORPTION SPECTRA OF GLASS
Demonstrate absorption spectrum of glass doped with various chemicals.
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