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H3-03: REFLECTION OF PULSES IN TUBE
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate the phase of pulses reflected from open ends and closed ends of a tube.
H3-02: STANDING SOUND WAVES - REFLECTION
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate the origin of standing waves from one source and its reflection.
H3-01: STANDING SOUND WAVES - TWO SOURCES
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrate the origin of standing waves from two identical sources.
H2-28: FOURIER SYNTHESIZER - ADDITION OF WAVES
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate addition of two sine waves with variable phase difference.
H2-25: QUINCKE'S INTERFERENCE TUBES
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate interference of sound waves in a perhaps surprising way.
H2-24: AUDIBLE YOUNG'S EXPERIMENT - MIC AND SCOPE
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate interference of sound with two coherent sound sources in a quantitative way.
H2-03: ACOUSTIC RADAR
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Illustrate how RADAR and SONAR work
H2-01: FOCUSING OF SOUND WITH CONCAVE REFLECTORS
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate how sound waves can be focused by concave reflectors.
G3-52: ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - ROPE TENSION VS WAVELENGTH
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Observe the change in wavelength of a vibrating rope as the tension is varied.
G3-42: TORSIONAL WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate wave phenomena such as traveling waves, standing waves, and reflection of waves.
G3-25: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - IMPEDANCE MISMATCH
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show partial reflections and dependence of wave speed on density of the medium.
G3-23: TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING - FREE END
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show reflections at a free end.
G3-11: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - RESONANCE ABSORPTION
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate resonance absorption of wave energy by a mass-on-spring system.
G3-10: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - BRANCHING
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate branching and recombining with two wave machines in parallel.
G3-09: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - FREQUENCY FILTERING
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate frequency filtering through a "filter" consisting of four weighted crossarms and the interference from partial reflections they produce.
G3-08: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - FABREY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate the mechanical analog of the optical Fabrey-Perot interferometer.
G3-07: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - TAPERED TRANSFORMER
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Useful for obtaining a reasonably good impedance match between the two large segments of the Shive machine.
G3-05: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - PARTIAL REFLECTIONS
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show that a wave will be partially reflected at a point where the impedance changes.
G3-06: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - IMPEDANCE MATCHING
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show that no reflection occurs when the impedance of the load (absorber at right) matches the impedance of the wave machine.
G3-04: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - STANDING WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves.
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P4-01: Radiation Monitor (Geiger Counter)
Demonstrate radioactivity, the Geiger counter, and some differences between alpha, beta, and gamma radiation Read More
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P4-03: RADON DETECTION
Demonstrate that radioactive radon daughters are present in the air Read More
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P4-04: COSMIC RAYS
Demonstrate the existence of cosmic rays. Read More
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P4-05: PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE - LARGE
Show them what a large photomultiplier tube looks like. Read More
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P4-06 RADIOACTIVE CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Show some consumer products and naturally occurring materials that are weakly radioactive Read More
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P4-07: SHRINK TUBE - IRRADIATED POLYMER
Demonstrate properties of shrink tube. Read More
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P4-08: IONIZATION SMOKE ALARM
Demonstrate how a smoke alarm works. Read More
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P4-11 RADIOACTIVE DECAY - DICE
Illustrates the radioactive decay of a sample of nuclei. Shows how a half-life is determined
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P4-21: NUCLIDES CHART
Use chart of the nuclides in small class groups. Read More
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P4-31: CLOUD CHAMBER - INDIVIDUAL VIEWING
Observe alpha and beta particle paths with a cloud chamber. Read More
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P4-33: BUBBLE CHAMBER TRACKS - THREE DIMENSIONAL VIEWMASTER
Allow individual viewing of bubble chamber tracks in three dimensions. Read More
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P4-41: RUTHERFORD SCATTERING MODEL
Show difference in scattering from the Thompson and Rutherford models of the nucleus. Read More
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P4-51: MILLIKAN OIL DROP MODEL
Demonstrate geometry for the Millikan oil drop experiment. Read More
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P4-61: CHAIN REACTION MODEL
Demonstrate a molecular chain reaction, either controlled or uncontrolled. Read More
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P4-62: CHAIN REACTION - MOUSE TRAP VIDEO
Model of uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction. Read More
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