Slinky and Very Long Spring

  • Principle Illustrated: Longitudinal and Transverse Waves

  • A Slinky is used to demonstrated longitudinal waves.

    A one inch diameter spring coil, 8 feet long, is used to show transverse and traveling waves.

    These demos can be found in cabinet B on shelf 3 of the UCSD PUL Demo Room (WLH 2015).

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