This is a quick reference demonstration catalogue compiled for first year Physics lecturers at the University of Melbourne. Included are descriptions of apparatus, experimental arrangements and brief operational details.
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Published: Wednesday 23 September 2009
To demonstrate circular standing waves in a pipe using sound waves and gas jets to indicate the pressure profile. May be useful when discussing the Bohr theory of the atom and the quantization of electron orbits.
Published: Monday 22 June 2009
To demonstrate that an object rolled down a U-shaped track will roll up to the same height as it was released. Also, if the object (Hotwheels car) is rolled down a hill onto a flat track, the object will keep rolling until it is acted upon by an outside force.
Published: Monday 22 June 2009
To demonstrate a model of gravity being the result of the curvature of space/time.
Published: Thursday 14 May 2009
To demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical motion.
Published: Thursday 30 April 2009
To demonstrate the flattening of 2 rings under the influence of the centrifugal force.
Published: Thursday 07 June 2007
To demonstrate a piece of ferrite core memory from an old PDP11 computer.
Published: Thursday 07 June 2007
To demonstrate the principles behind the Watts governor.
Published: Wednesday 06 June 2007
To demonstrate a cyclic chemical reaction, the Belousov- Zhabotinskii reaction.
Published: Wednesday 06 June 2007
To demonstrate Stokes law. This states that when a body moves through a fluid the viscous resistive force is proportional to the radius a and its velocity v.
Published: Tuesday 05 June 2007
To demonstrate that a large difference in pressure can create a propulsive force.