Physics 2C:

Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics

 

Week 1: Fluids

 

MAGDEBURG SPHERE

EQUILIBRUIM TUBES

VENTURI TUBE

CARTESIAN DIVER

RULER LIFT

FLOATING BALL

CRUSH THE CAN

 

 

Week 2: Temperature

 

BALL AND RING

BIMETALLIC STRIP

SPECIFIC HEAT

 

 

Week 3: Kinetic Theory

 

VIDEO: TEMPERATURE AND KINETIC THEORY

THERMOELECTRIC ENGINE

RADIOMETER

BOYLE'S LAW

 

Week 4: Entropy and the Second Law

 

STEAM ENGINE

STERLING ENGINE

PVT MODELS

 

 

Week 5: Waves

 

VERY LONG SPRING

WAVE MACHINE

SONOMETER

CHLADNI PLATES

 

 

Week 6: Waves

 

TUNING FORKS

DB METER

ACOUSTIC INTERFERENCE

ACOUSTIC BEATS

RIPPLE TANK

DOPPLER SHIFT

INTERFERENCE PLATES

FOURIER SYNTHESISER

HOOT TUBE

 

 

Week 7: Electromagnetic Waves

 

JACOB'S LADDER

POLAROIDS

MICROWAVE OPTICS

PHOTOELASTIC STRESS

LIGHT PIPE

BLACKBOARD OPTICS

 

 

Week 8: Images

 

LIGHT PIPE

REFLECTION/REFRACTION TANK

BLACKBOARD OPTICS

THE MIRAGE

IMAGE OF LIGHTBULB

 

 

Week 9: Interference

 

RIPPLE TANK

LASER INTERFERENCE

NEWTON¹S RINGS

 

 

Week 10: Diffraction

 

SPECTRUM TUBE WITH DIFFRACTION GRATING

LASER DIFFRACTION