Electromagnetic radiation
Ei-1 Electromagnetic Radiation (Meter Wavelength)
Published: Tuesday 14 March 2006
To demonstrate the transmission of electromagnetic radiation and the relationship between the electrical and magnetic fields.
Ei-2 Lecher Wires
Published: Tuesday 14 March 2006
To demonstrate standing electromagnetic waves on a transmission line consisting of a pair of parallel wires.
Ei-3 Hertz's Apparatus
Published: Tuesday 14 March 2006
To demonstrate Hertz's apparatus (a full scale model of the original device used for the production and transmission of electromagnetic waves).
Ei-4 Amplitude Modulation
Published: Tuesday 14 March 2006
To demonstrate the carrier and amplitude modulated waveforms present in a radio receiver.
Ei-5 Transmission Line
Published: Tuesday 14 March 2006
To demonstrate some basic properties of transmission line theory.
Ei-6 Plasma Frequency
Published: Tuesday 14 March 2006
To demonstrate the cutoff frequency of electromagnetic waves in a plasma.
Ei-7 Artwork Fraud and Physics
Published: Tuesday 05 June 2007
To demonstrate different spectral reflectance and transmittance properties and how they may be used to investigate art fraud.
Ei-8 Magnetic deflection of Beta rays
Published: Tuesday 05 June 2007
To demonstrate that beta particles are charged particles electrons and that they may be deflected by a magnetic field
Ei-9 Properties of Radiation
Published: Tuesday 05 June 2007
To demonstrate the penetrating power of Alpha, Beta and Gamma-rays