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PHYS122
M3-01 MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER - LASER LIGHT
Category:
M3 Interferometers
Purpose
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Shows laser light fringes using a Michelson interferometer
M1-11 LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED DOUBLE SLITS
Category:
M1 Interference and Diffraction - Slits and Gratings
Purpose
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Demonstrates double slit interference
L6-12 MAGNIFYING LENS IN WATER
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
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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
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Demonstrates total internal reflection
L4-31 DISAPPEARANCE OF GLASS IN LIQUID
Category:
L4 Refraction
Purpose
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Demonstrates how index of refraction affects what wesee in a fluid bath
L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Category:
L4 Refraction
Purpose
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Demonstrates a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle.
L4-03 REFRACTION - ROD IN WATER
Category:
L4 Refraction
Purpose
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Demonstrates refraction
L3-31 GIANT 160cm MIRROR - CONCAVE AND CONVEX
Category:
L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose
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Demonstrates images from concave and convex mirrors
L3-19 PENNY AND PARABOLIC MIRRORS
Category:
L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose
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Classic illusion of penny levitating above a pair of parabolic concave mirrors
L3-14 LARGE CONCAVE MIRROR (60cm)
Category:
L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose
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Shows types of images from a concave mirror
L3-03 LARGE CONVEX MIRROR (60cm)
Category:
L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose
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Shows the image from a convex mirror
L2-06 MAGIC TRICK - DISAPPEARING RABBIT
Category:
L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose
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Plane-mirror magic trick
K8-45 RADIO WAVES FROM SPARK
Category:
K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose
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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
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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
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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
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Shows voltages and currents in series & parallel circuits
K6-01 SERIES AND PARALLEL LIGHTS - TWO BULBS
Category:
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
Purpose
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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
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Shows that pure water is not conducting, but a solution of an electrolyte is conducting
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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
P2-01: PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT AND PLANCK'S CONSTANT
Demonstrate the frequency dependence of the photoelectric effect and determine the value of Planck's constant.
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P2-02: PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT IN ZINC - ARC LAMP
Demonstrate the emission of photoelectrons.
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P2-03: PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT IN ZINC - UV LAMP
Demonstrate the emission of photoelectrons.
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P2-04 PHOTOELECTRIC PROPELLER
Demonstrates solar cells
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P2-05: PHOTO-RESISTOR RELAY
Demonstrate operation of a photoresistor.
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P2-06 PHOTOELECTRIC TRUCK
Demonstrates solar cells
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P2-11: INTERFERENCE OF PHOTONS
Demonstrate two-slit interference of single photons.
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P2-12: X-RAY DIFFRACTION MODEL
Show analog between diffraction of light by a two-dimensional grating and diffraction of x-rays by a single crystal.
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P2-13: ELECTRON DIFFRACTION
Demonstrates the wave properties of electrons
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P2-14: ELECTRON DIFFRACTION MODEL
Analog to diffraction of electrons or x-rays by a powdered crystal.
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P2-15: WAVE PACKETS - OSCILLATORS
Show that wave packets begin to form when sinusoidal oscillations with similar frequencies are combined.
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P2-20: FLUORESCENCE WITH LASER AND PYLON
Demonstrates change in light color due to flourescence
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P2-21 BLACK BODY MODEL
Demonstrates that a cavity is blacker than any surface -- making it a good approximation for an ideal black body
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P2-22 BICHSEL BOXES - BLACK BODY RADIATION
Demonstrates Wien's law of radiation
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P2-24: GIANT-LIGHT BULB
Demonstrate color and intensity changes of blackbody radiation with temperature.
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P2-41: POTENTIAL WELL - HILL TRACK MODEL
Illustrate the concept of a quantum mechanical potential well.
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P2-42: PARTICLE IN A BOX - 1D - QM INTRODUCTION
Model behavior of a quantum mechanical one-dimensional particle in a box.
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P2-43: CLASSICAL HARMONIC OSCILLATOR - QM INTRODUCTION
Demonstrate the simple behavior of a classical particle moving in a quadratic field.
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P2-51: OPTICAL ANALOG OF QM STATES AND OPERATORS
Use properties of optical devices as analogs to illustrate quantum mechanical states and operators.
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P2-61: DIRAC STRING TRICK
Illustration of a topological property of the group of rotations.
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