Physics 11

Fall 2004

Brad Marston


marston@physics.brown.edu

Wed 9/8
One audio/VGA cable to be used with His laptop projected.

Fri 9/10
sun bulb on variac
Wein's law

Mon 9/13
repeat sun bulb on variac
Wein's law

9/20 - 9/25
He is away at a conference. His wife will teach.

Wed 9/22
Librarian

Fri 9/24
His Wife.

Wed 9/29
Terminal Velocity
· Leaf blower on a variac, beach ball, tennis ball, sand-filled tennis ball.

Fri 10/1
Cloud chamber with pitch blend overnight outgassed.

Mon 10/4
Feynman Video #6
Probability and uncertainty.

Wed 10/6
SPI
DSI
Electron Waves

Fri 10/8
nothing.

Next demos Boyle's law, line spectra
Later on entropy; Unmixing.

Wed. 10/13
"Bike generator" and "Mechanical
equivalent of heat".

Fri 10/15
Charles' Law
Boyle's Law
Stirling engines, both hot and cold. Do not start them at the start of class. He will get them going later in the class.

Mon 10/18
no demo

Wed. 10/20
Osmosis (Diffusion through dialysis tubing).

Fri 10/22
no demo

Mon 10/25
Na Flames in room 166 or 168
Line spectra emission
Osmosis

Wed. 10/27
Three bouncy demos: Archimedes, block and newton scale, density blocks.

Fri 10/29
Convection: use solar cell convection.

Mon 11/1
No demos!!

Coriolis stuff on Fri.
The list of Coriolis demos he used last year.
Foucault pendulum
Turntable and ball.
Black slate globe and small pendulum.
Foucault on OHP.

I'd like to postpone all the coriolis demos till next Friday. No
demos for Monday. Thanks. Let's decide next week where to do the
Foucault pendulum. If it looks like it will be too difficult to do it
in 153, just plan on doing it in 166.

Wed. 11/3
No demo

Fri 11/5
Foucault pendulum
Turntable and ball.
Black slate globe and small pendulum.
Foucault on OHP.

Mon 11/8
Fluid rotation without thermal gradiant.

Fri 11/12
Fluid rotation with cold center and hot rim in room 145.
Use Dry ice and alcohol.
Do not disturb in any way or stop it once going.

Mon 11/22
Fluid rotation with cold center and hot rim in room 145.
Use Dry ice and alcohol.
Do not disturb in any way or stop it once going.

Mon 11/29
Adjustable single slit
SFH at 2:20
Home made p and n type hall probes.
humphrey's boule of silicon.