UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND PHYSICS

LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION FACILITY

AUDIO-VISUAL LIST

(Revised and updated 20 January 1998)

Codes: Movie, Film Loop, Video Tape, Video Disc
Locations for Film Loops available in Videocassette format indicated in (..) after entry

A. Introductory Materials

VD POWERS OF TEN (COL,10)
M SINGLE CONCEPT FILMS IN PHYSICS I (SILENT) (COL,23)
M SINGLE CONCEPT FILMS IN PHYSICS II (SILENT) (COL,23)
VT FLYING CIRCUS OF PHYSICAL PHENOMENA (COL,60)
VT LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION SHOW AT 1990 SUMMER AAPT MEETING (COL,58)
VT THE VIDEO ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS - SAMPLE TAPE (COL,15)
VD THE VIDEO ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS (25 30-MINUTE DISCS)
VT MECANICA Y ONDAS (UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR) (COL,120)
VT WONDERS OF PHYSICS (COL,59)
VT WONDERS OF PHYSICS - RANDOMNESS AND CHAOS (COL,59)
VT OUR FAVORITE PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS (COL,200, 4 TAPES)
M KITCHEN PHYSICS (B&W,22)
M HOUSE OF SCIENCE (COL,15)
--FEYNMAN--THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW SERIES--
M INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSOR FEYNMAN BY DALE R. CORSON (B&W,5)
VT TAKE THE WORLD FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW (COL,60)
VT DO SCIENTISTS CHEAT? (NOVA) (COL,59)
M THE WORLD OF ENRICO FERMI (B&W,47)
M ALBERT EINSTEIN, THE EDUCATION OF A GENIUS (COL,44)
VT EINSTEIN'S UNIVERSE, PART I (COL,60)
VT EINSTEIN'S UNIVERSE, PART II (COL,60)
M SEA SURFACE METEOROLOGY (B&W,24)
M CAI AT FSU (SILENT) (B&W,5)

VT KILLERS IN THE SKY - HOW TO STAY SAFE (COL,30)

MACHINE SHOP TECHNIQUES
M SOLDER GLASS TECHNIQUES (COL,20)
--SET OF LOOPS--AAPT SHOP FILMS--
L THE DRILL PRESS - SMALL HOLE
L THE DRILL PRESS - LARGE HOLE, CLAMPING
L THE LATHE - FACING AND CHUCKING
L THE LATHE - OUTSIDE DIAMETER
L THE LATHE - TAPERING, DRILLING
L THE LATHE - BORING, CUTTING OFF
L THE MILLING MACHINE - TOOLS PART I
L THE MILLING MACHINE - TOOLS PART II
L THE MILLING MACHINE - SQUARING PART I
L THE MILLING MACHINE - SQUARING PART II
L THE MILLING MACHINE - SLOT, GROOVE
L THE MILLING MACHINE - HOLE, V-GROOVE

A1. Basic Materials and Measurement

M MEASUREMENT (B&W,21)
M DISCOVER WHY METRICS (C0L,14)
M TIME IS (COL,30)

A2. Mathematics

VT CHAOS AND FRACTALS IN SIMPLE PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (COL,)
VT THE MECHANICAL UNIVERSE - INTEGRATION (COL,30)
VT NOTHING BUT ZOOMS (COL,32)
--FEYNMAN--THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW SERIES--
VT THE RELATION OF MATHEMATICS TO PHYSICS
M SYMMETRY (COL,11)
M COMPLEX FUNCTION GRAPHS (B&W,7)
M SLIDE RULE 1 - C AND D SCALES (B&W,22)
M SLIDE RULE 2 - PROPORTION, PERCENT, SQUARE, SQUARE ROOT (B&W,19)
--SET OF LOOPS--COMPUTER GENERATED CALCULUS--
L TAYLOR SERIES I
L TAYLOR SERIES II
L MAXIMA AND MINIMA
L POINTS OF INFLECTION
L THE DERIVATIVE
L THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF CALCULUS
L THE INTEGRAL
L NEWTON'S METHOD

B. Statics

B1. Center of Mass Statics

L THE CENTER OF MASS

B2. Equilibrium of Forces and Torques

B3. Simple Machines

B4. Elasticity

C. Kinematics and Dynamics

VD FRAMES OF REFERENCE (B&W,28)
VT FRAMES OF REFERENCE - EXCERPT - FALLING BALL (B&W,7)
VT FRAMES OF REFERENCE - EXCERPT - PUCK (B&W,5)

C1. Center of Mass Motion

M MOVING WITH THE CENTER OF MASS (B&W,26)
--SET OF LOOPS--AIR TRACK
L CENTER-OF-MASS PENDULUM
L CENTER-OF-MASS (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L CONSERVATION OF LINEAR/ANGULAR MOMENTUM (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L SCATTERING OF A CLUSTER OF OBJECTS (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L EXPLOSION OF A CLUSTER OF OBJECTS

C2. Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions

M STRAIGHT LINE KINEMATICS (B&W,34)
L VECTOR ADDITION - VELOCITY OF A BOAT (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L THE VELOCITY VECTOR
L THE ACCELERATION VECTOR
L CONSTANT VELOCITY AND UNIFORM ACCELERATION (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
L INSTANTANEOUS SPEED
L UNIFORM AND NON-UNIFORM ACCELERATION
L VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION IN FREE FALL
L POSITION FROM VELOCITY PART I
L POSITION FROM VELOCITY PART II
L VELOCITY FROM POSITION
L ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY I (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY II (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L ANALYSIS OF A HURDLE I (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L ANALYSIS OF A HURDLE II (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L ONE DIMENSIONAL MOTION (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
L DISTANCE, TIME, AND SPEED (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
L ONE DIMENSIONAL ACCELERATION (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
L TRAJECTORIES (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
--SET OF LOOPS--AIR TRACK
L HOW AN AIR TRACK WORKS
--SET OF LOOPS--GALILEAN RELATIVITY
L A MATTER OF RELATIVE MOTION (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L GALILEAN RELATIVITY BALL DROPPED FROM MAST OF SHIP (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L GALILEAN RELATIVITY II OBJECT DROPPED FROM AIRCRAFT (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L GALILEAN RELATIVITY III PROJECTILE FIRED VERTICALLY (PSFC 1 Tape 1)

C3. First Law of Motion

VT MECHANICAL UNIVERSE - NEWTON'S LAWS (COL,30)
VT KARATE DEMONSTRATION (B&W,40)
M FORCES (B&W,23)
M INERTIA (B&W,36)
M INERTIAL MASS (B&W,19)
L INERTIAL FORCES TRANSLATIONAL ACCELERATION (PSFC 2 Tape 1, Miller Tape 1)
--SET OF LOOPS--AIR TRACK
L NEWTON'S FIRST AND SECOND LAWS (PSFC 2 Tape 1)

C4. Second Law of Motion

VT CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS ALIVE - NEWTON'S SECOND LAW

C5. Third Law of Motion

VT ACTION AND REACTION (COL,15)
L RECOIL (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
--SET OF LOOPS--AIR TRACK
L NEWTON'S THIRD LAW (PSFC 2 Tape 1)

C6. Friction

C7. Collisions

VD PHYSICS AND AUTOMOBILE COLLISIONS (COL,24)
VT KINETIC KARNIVAL - FORCES AND COLLISIONS
M COLLISIONS (SILENT) (COL,15)
L FINDING THE SPEED OF A RIFLE BULLET I (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L FINDING THE SPEED OF A RIFLE BULLET II (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L COLLIDING FREIGHT CARS (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L COLLIDING FREIGHT CARS (AAPT)
L INELASTIC COLLISIONS - A MODEL
--SET OF LOOPS--COLLISIONS OF STEEL BALLS--
L ONE-DIMENSIONAL COLLISIONS I (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L ONE-DIMENSIONAL COLLISIONS II (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L TWO-DIMENSIONAL COLLISIONS I (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L TWO-DIMENSIONAL COLLISIONS II (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L SCATTERING OF A CLUSTER OF OBJECTS (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L INELASTIC ONE-DIMENSIONAL COLLISIONS (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L INELASTIC TWO-DIMENSIONAL COLLISIONS (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L COLLISIONS IN TWO DIMENSIONS (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L COLLISIONS WITH AN UNKNOWN OBJECT (PSFC 1 Tape 2)
--SET OF LOOPS--AIR TRACK--
L CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM ELASTIC COLLISIONS
L CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM INELASTIC COLLISIONS (PSFC 2 Tape 2)

C8. Mechanical Energy and Power

L CONSERVATION OF ENERGY - POLE VAULT (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L CONSERVATION OF ENERGY - AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
--SET OF LOOPS--DROPPED WEIGHTS POUNDING NAILS
L METHOD OF MEASURING ENERGY - NAILS DRIVEN INTO WOOD (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L KINETIC ENERGY
--SET OF LOOPS--AIR TRACK
L CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

D. ROTATIONAL MECHANICS

M KINETIC KARNIVAL (COL,)

D1. Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics

M UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION (B&W,8)
L CIRCULAR MOTION (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
L DYNAMICS OF CIRCULAR MOTION (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
L VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION IN CIRCULAR MOTION
L DYNAMICS OF A BILLIARD BALL (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L ROTATING REFERENCE FRAMES
L INERTIAL FORCES CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION (PSFC 2 Tape 1, Miller Tape 1)

D2. Moment of Inertia

D3. Angular Momentum

VT ANGULAR MOMENTUM (B&W,27)
VT DIVERS IN ACROBATIC DIVES (B&W,8)
VT PHYSICS AND THE GYMNAST - ROTATION (COL,9)
M CONSERVATION LAWS IN ZERO G (COL,18)
L CONSERVATION OF LINEAR AND ANGULAR MOMENTUM
L SKYLAB - CONSERVATION OF ASTRONAUT ANGULAR MOMENTUM

D4. Gyroscopes

L SKYLAB - CHARACTERISTICS OF A GYROSCOPE

D5. Rotational Esoterica

L A SIMULATED FOUCAULT PENDULUM
L CORIOLIS ACCELERATION
L THE BATHTUB VORTEX

E. Gravitation and Astronomy

E1. Gravitation and Orbits

M UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION (B&W,31)
VT FORCES - EXERPT - CAVENDISH EXPERIMENT (B&W,6)
M FORCE, MASS, AND MOTION (B&W,7)
M NEWTON'S EQUAL AREAS (COL,12)
M PLANETS IN ORBIT - THE LAWS OF KEPLER (B&W,10)
VT TOYS IN SPACE
VT SKYLAB FILMS (COL,60)
VT THE GRAVITATIONAL INVERSE SQUARE LAW - A NEW TEST (COL,23)
VT GRAVITY WAVES (COL,20)
VT CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS ALIVE - GRAVITY
VT GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION AND COLLIDING BLACK HOLES (B&W,20)
M COLLIDING BLACK HOLES (SILENT) (COL,20)
--FEYNMAN--THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW SERIES--
VT THE LAW OF GRAVITATION AN EXAMPLE OF A PHYSICAL LAW
L MEASUREMENT OF G THE CAVENDISH EXPERIMENT (PSFC 2 Tape 1, Miller Tape 1)
L GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - ON THE MOON AND ON THE EARTH
L ACCELERATION DUE TO LUNAR GRAVITY
L PHYSICS DURING WEIGHTLESSNESS
L SKYLAB - WEIGHT(LESS) LIFTING IN ORBIT
L SKYLAB - DARTS AND PAPER AIRPLANES
L PUTTING A SPACECRAFT INTO A DESIRED ORBIT
L TRAJECTORY OF A MOON PROBE
--SET OF LOOPS--COMPUTER ANIMATED MECHANICS--
L NEWTON'S LAW OF MOTION
L FIXED SYSTEMS OF ORBITING BODIES
L MOVING SYSTEM OF ORBITING BODIES
L ORBITING BODIES IN VARIOUS FORCE FIELDS PART I
L ORBITING BODIES IN VARIOUS FORCE FIELDS PART II
--SET OF LOOPS--MOTION IN THE HEAVENS
L RETORGRADE MOTION - GEOCENTRIC MODEL (PSFC 1 Tape 2)
L RETROGRADE MOTION - HELIOCENTRIC MODEL (PSFC 1 Tape 2)
L JUPITER SATELLITE ORBIT (PSFC 1 Tape 2)
L CENTRAL FORCES - ITERATED BLOWS
L KEPLER'S LAWS (PSFC 1 Tape 2)
L UNUSUAL ORBITS

E2. Astronomy

M THREE DEGREES (COL,26)
VD SPACE ARCHIVE 1 - SPACE SHUTTLE (COL,)
VD SPACE ARCHIVE 2 - APOLLO 17 (COL,)
VD SPACE ARCHIVE 3 - MARS AND BEYOND (COL,)
VD SPACE ARCHIVE 4 - REPAIR OF SOLAR MAX (COL,)
VD SPACE ARCHIVE 5 - GREETINGS FROM EARTH (COL,)
VD SPACE ARCHIVE 6 - ENCOUNTERS
VD EARTH SCIENCE (COL,)
M LICK OBSERVATORY (COL,10)
M AIRBORNE ECLIPSE EXPEDITION 1972 (COL,12)
VT AIRBORNE ASTRONOMY: INTO THE NEXT CENTURY "SOPHIA" (COL,14)
VT ADVANCED X-RAY ASTROPHYSICS FACILITY (COL,14)
--SET OF LOOPS--NASA--
L VIEWS OF EARTH WHILE RECEDING IN SPACE
L GEOGRAPHY OF EARTH AS SEEN FROM ORBIT
L LUBBOCK TORNADO, 11 MAY 1970
L HURRICANE ABBEY, 5-6 JUNE 1968
L GLOBAL CLOUD MOVEMENTS FROM WEATHER SATELLITES
L THE SUN - PROMINENCES AND FLARES
L EVOLVING VIEWS OF MARS - NAKED EYE TO MARINER 7

F. Fluid Mechanics

F1. Pressure in Static Fluids

F2. Buoyancy

F3. Surface Tension

M BURSTING SOAP FILM AND SOAP BUBBLE (SILENT) (B&W,2)
L THE SURFACE OF WATER
L EXAMPLES OF SURFACE TENSION
L DROPS AND SPLASHES (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L BREAKUP OF LIQUID INTO DROPS
L SKYLAB - WATER DROPS AND WATER COLUMNS

F4. Fluid in Motion

M VORTICITY - PART 1 (B&W,23)
M VORTICITY - PART 2 (B&W,22)
VT KINETIC KARNIVAL - FLUID FLOW AND FRICTION (COL,29)
VT KINETIC KARNIVAL - VISCOSITY (COL,28)
VT FLUID MECHANICS - WAVES IN FLUIDS (B&W,33)
VT FLUID MECHANICS - EULERIAN AND LAGRANGIAN ... (B&W,27)
VT FLUID MECHANICS - FLOW INSTABILITIES (B&W,27)
VT FLUID MECHANICS - TURBULENCE (B&W,29)
VT FLUID MECHANICS - FLUID DYNAMICS OF DRAG (B&W, )
L FLOW PATTERNS IN VENTURIS, NOZZLES, AND ORIFICES
L COMPRESSIBLE FLOW THROUGH CONVERGENT-DIVERGENT NOZZLES
L SECONDARY FLOW IN A TEACUP
L FLATTENING AND STEEPENING LARGE AMPLITUDE GRAVITY WAVES

F5. Pressure in Moving Fluids

L GENERATION OF CIRCULATION AND LIFT FOR AN AIRFOIL
L LAMINAR FLOW VERSUS CONVENTIONAL AIRFOILS
L VELOCITIES NEAR AN AIRFOIL
L EXAMPLES OF LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOWS
L THE MAGNUS EFFECT (AAPT)
L THE MAGNUS EFFECT

G. Vibrations and Mechanical Waves

G1. Simple Harmonic Motion

M SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION (B&W,10)
M SAND PENDULUM - POINT SUSPENSION (SILENT) (B&W,4)
M SAND PENDULUM - SADDLE SUSPENSION (SILENT) (B&W,4)
M SAND PENDULUM - SHORT SADDLE SUSPENSION (SILENT) (B&W,4)
M SAND PENDULUM - MULTIPLE SADDLE SUSPENSION (SILENT) (B&W,4)
L SAND PENDULUM III - DRAWINGS ON A TRAVELLING TABLE (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L SAND PENDULUM IV - SLOWING DOWN (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L SAND PENDULUM V - POURING SAND IN SODA STRAWS (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
M RING OF COUPLED PENDULA - NORMAL MODES (SILENT) (COL,4)
M RING OF COUPLED PENDULA - MIXED NORMAL MODES (SILENT) (COL,4)
M HARMONIC PHASORS (SILENT) (B&W,6)
M FORCED DAMPED HARMONIC OSCILLATORS (SILENT) (B&W,4)
L SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L VELOCITY IN CIRCULAR AND SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
L VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION IN SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
L DYNAMICS OF PENDULUMS
L SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION THE STRINGLESS PENDULUM (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L DRIVEN HARMONIC OSCILLATOR - PENDULUM IN AN OSCILLATING REFERENCE FRAME
L LISSAJOUS FIGURES AND FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT
L LISSAJOUS FIGURES AND PHASE MEASUREMENT
L OSCILLOSCOPE ART

G2. Resonance and Coupled Oscillations

VD PUZZLE OF THE TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE (COL,27)
VT PUZZLE OF THE TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE (COL,7.5)
L TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE (Miller Tape 1,2, or 3)
L WILBERFORCE PENDULUM (Miller Tape 1)
--SET OF LOOPS--COUPLED OSCILLATORS--
L COUPLED OSCILLATORS EQUAL MASSES (Miller Tape 1)
L COUPLED OSCILLATORS UNEQUAL MASSES (Miller Tape 1)
L COUPLED OSCILLATORS ENERGY TRANSFER
L COUPLED OSCILLATORS OTHER OSCILLATORS
L COUPLED OSCILLATORS NORMAL MODES

G3. Mechanical Waves - One-Dimensional

M PROGRESSIVE WAVES - TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL (B&W,8)
M STATIONARY TRANSVERSE WAVES (B&W,9)
M STATIONARY LONGITUDINAL WAVES (B&W,9)
M WAVES IN A STRING (B&W,3)
VT SIMILARITIES IN WAVE BEHAVIOR (B&W,17)
L DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A SUSPENSION BRIDGE
L STANDING WAVES ON A STRING
L VIBRATIONS OF A WIRE (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L VIBRATIONS OF A RUBBER HOSE
--SET OF LOOPS--SLINKY SPRING WAVES--
L GENERATING WAVES
L SINGLE PULSES IN A SPRING
L SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES IN A SPRING
L REFLECTION OF WAVES IN A SPRING - FREE END AND FIXED END
L TRANSVERSE STANDING WAVES IN A SPRING - WAVE GROUPS
L TRANSVERSE STANDING WAVES IN A SPRING - CONTINUOUS WAVE TRAINS
L LONGITUDINAL STANDING WAVES IN A SPRING

G4. Mechanical Waves - Two-Dimensional

M RIPPLE TANK - REFLECTION AND REFRACTION (B&W,17)
M RIPPLE TANK - INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION (B&W,19)
M RIPPLE TANK - BRAGG REFLECTION, BARRIER PENETRATION, DOPPLER EFFECT (B&W,22)
M RIPPLE TANK SILENT DEMONSTRATIONS (B&W,26)
L NON-RECURRENT WAVEFRONTS (Miller Tape 2)
L GROUP VELOCITY
L SOAP FILM OSCILLATIONS
L WATER WAVES
L ORIGIN OF WATER WAVES
L VIBRATIONS OF A METAL PLATE
L VIBRATIONS OF A DRUM (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L REFRACTION
L REFLECTION AT PLANE AND CURVED SURFACES
L SOURCES MOVING AT SPEEDS BELOW AND ABOVE WAVE SPEED
--SET OF LOOPS--STANDING WAVES--
L PULSES AND WAVES
L TRANSVERSE WAVE APPARATUS
L STANDING WAVES IN A BANDSAW
L RIPPLE TANK AND SOAP FILMS - STANDING WAVES
L CHLADNI PLATES - STANDING WAVE PATTERNS
L VIBRATING SOAP BUBBLES
--SET OF LOOPS--RIPPLE TANK WAVE PHENOMENA
L STRAIGHT WAVE REFLECTION FROM STRAIGHT BARRIERS
L CIRCULAR WAVE REFLECTION FROM VARIOUS BARRIERS
L REFLECTION OF WAVES FROM CONCAVE BARRIERS
L REFRACTION OF WAVES
L BARRIER PENETRATION BY WAVES
L BRAGG REFLECTION OF WAVES
L DOPPLER EFFECT
L SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L INTERFERENCE OF WAVES
L EFFECT OF PHASE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOURCES
L SINGLE SLIT DIFFRACTION
L MULTIPLE SLIT DIFFRACTION
L DIFFRACTION AND SCATTERING AROUND OBSTACLES

H. Sound

VT DEMONSTRATIONS IN ACOUSTICS - TAPE 1 (COL,60)
VT DEMONSTRATIONS IN ACOUSTICS - TAPE 2 (COL,60)
VT DEMONSTRATIONS IN ACOUSTICS - TAPE 3 (COL,60)
VT DEMONSTRATIONS IN ACOUSTICS - TAPE 4 (COL,60)
VT PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOUND AND WAVES - PART I (COL,28)
VT PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOUND AND WAVES - PART II (COL,28)
VT PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOUND AND WAVES - PART III (COL,33)

H1. Nature of Sound

H2. Wave Properties of Sound

VT NOISE CANCELLATION TECHNOLOGIES (COL,30)
M THE DOPPLER EFFECT (B&W,7)

H3. Standing Sound Waves

L STANDING SOUND WAVES
L STANDING WAVES IN A GAS

H4. Music

VT WHAT IS MUSIC? (COL,55)
VT ARP SYNTHESIZER LECTURE - RICK PARENT (B&W,60)
L FOURIER SERIES

H5. The Ear

VT A PAIR OF PARADOXES (B&W,3)

H6. The Voice

I. Thermodynamics

I1. Thermal Properites of Matter

I2. Transfer of Heat

VT LESLIE'S CUBE (B&W,4)
VT TYNDALL'S APPARATUS (B&W,3)
VT KINETIC KARNIVAL - LEIDENFROST EFFECT (COL,19)
VT KINETIC KARNIVAL - THE SCIENCE OF COOKING (COL,30)
L WHY AIR CIRCULATES
L TEMPERATURE WAVES (Miller Tape 2)
L CONVECTION IN LIQUIDS

I3. Gases

L BOYLE'S LAW (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
L BOYLED MARSHMALLOWS
L THERMAL EXPANSION OF GASES
L THE MOUSE AND THE CANDLE (PSFC 2 Tape 3)

I4. Changes of State

L CRITICAL TEMPERATURE( Miller Tape 3)

I5. Laws of Thermodynamics

VT CARNOT CYCLE AND KELVIN SCALE (B&W,8)
M THE DIESEL ENGINE (B&W,8)
M GASOLINE ENGINE - THE OTTO CYCLE (B&W,6)
L FORMATION OF A CLOUD

I6. Kinetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics

M MOLECULAR MOTIONS (COL,13)
M IRREVERSIBILITY AND FLUCTUATIONS (SILENT) (B&W,5)
M CHILDREN AT PLAY (SILENT) (COL,4)
--FEYNMAN--THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW SERIES--
M DISINNCTION OF PAST AND FUTURE (B&W,46)
L THE MAXWELL-BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION OF VELOCITIES
L ENTROPY AND TIME REVERSAL
L REVERSIBILITY OF TIME
--SET OF LOOPS--KINETIC THEORY--
L MAXWELLIAN SPEED DISTRIBUTION (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
L RANDOM WALK AND BROWNIAN MOTION (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
L EQUIPARTITION OF ENERGY (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
L GRAVITATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
L DIFFUSION (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
L GAS DIFFUSION RATES (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
L PROPERTIES OF GASES (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
--SET OF LOOPS--COMPUTER ANIMATED KINETIC THEORY--
L PRESSURE, VOLUME, AND BOYLE'S LAW
L TEMPERATURE, ENERGY, AND THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM
L HEATING, COOLING, AND CHARLES' LAW
L AVOGADRO'S PRINCIPLE
L IDEAL GAS LAW
L DALTON'S LAW
L GRAVITATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
L MAXWELL-BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION
L BROWNIAN MOTION AND RANDOM WALK
L GRAHAM'S LAW
L DEVIATIONS FROM IDEAL GAS

I7. Solid State and Low Temperature Physics

M CRYSTALS (B&W,29)
VT THE UNUSUAL PROPERTIES OF LIQUID HELIUM (COL,16)
VT LIQUID HELIUM II THE SUPERFLUID (B&W,38)
M MINORITY CARRIERS IN SEMICONDUCTORS (B&W,26)
M GAP ENERGY AND RECOMBINATION LIGHT (B&W,37)
VT AN INTRODUCTION TO SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (B&W,51)
VT RACE FOR THE SUPERCONDUCTOR (COL,58)
VT HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY SYMPOSIUM (COL,4HRS, 4 TAPES)
L BUBBLE MODEL OF A CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND BOUNDARIES
L BUBBLE MODEL OF A CRYSTAL DEFORMATIONS AND DISLOCATIONS
L THE STRUCTURE OF AN IONIC CRYSTAL

J. Electrostatics and Magnetostatics

J1. Electrostatic Charge and Force

M COULOMB'S LAW (B&W,30)
M THE ELECTROSCOPE (B&W,4)
M VOLTA AND ELECTRICITY (COL,33)
L INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROSTATICS0
L INSULATORS AND CONDUCTORS
L COULOMB'S LAW
L ELECTROSTATIC INDUCTION (PSFC 2 Tape 4)

J2. Electrostatic Devices and Applications

L A WORKING MODEL OF A VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR (PSFC 2 Tape 4)

J3. Electric Fields and Potential

M ELECTRIC LINES OF FORCE (B&W,7)
L THE CHARGE ON THE OUTSIDE OF A CONDUCTOR
L EXPERIMENTS WITH THE FARADAY ICE PAIL (PSFC 2 Tape 4)

J4. Capacitance and Polarization

L A WATER MODEL OF A CAPACITOR

J5. Magnetostatics

M MAGNETIC EFFECTS IN SPACE (COL,14)
L SKYLAB - THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD
--SET OF LOOPS--ELECTROMAGNETISM--
L THE MAGNETIC FIELD
L MONOPOLES AND DIPOLES
L THE FIELD FROM A STEADY CURRENT
L UNIFORM AND NON-UNIFORM FIELDS
L THE FIELD AS A VECTOR (PSFC 2 Tape 4)
L FIELD VS. CURRENT (PSFC 2 Tape 4)

J6. Electromagnets

J7. Magnetic Materials

L HYSTERESIS
L MAGNETIC DOMAINS AND MAGNETIC PROCESSES IN GD GARNET
L PARA- AND FERROMAGNETISM
L DIAMAGNETISM
L FERROMAGNETIC DOMAIN WALL MOTION (Miller Tape 3)
L PARAMAGNETISM OF LIQUID OXYGEN (Miller Tape 3)

K. Electromagnetic Principles

VT SCIENCE DEMONSTRATIONS - E&M (COL,60)

K1. Forces on Moving Charges

M FLUID MECHANICS - MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS (B&W,27)
L HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION (CATHODE RAYS)
L DEFLECTION OF AN ELECTRON BEAM
L ELECTROMAGNETIC DEFLECTION OF AN ELECTRON BEAM
L FIELD THE FORCE ON A CURRENT (PSFC 2 Tape 4)
L INDUCED JxB FORCES IN SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS
L AN MHD PUMP
L THE LORENTZ FORCE
L THE HALL EFFECT

K2. Electromagnetic Induction

L THE CONCEPT OF CHANGING FLUX
L FARADAY'S LAW OF INDUCTION
L LENZ LAW I
L LENZ LAW II
L LARGE INDUCTANCE - CURRENT BUILDUP

K3. Transformers

K4. Motors and Generators

K5. Electrical Properties of Matter

K6. Electric Circuits and Instruments

M INTRODUCTION TO THE CATHODE-RAY OSCILLOSCOPE (COL,11)
--SET OF LOOPS -- CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPE
L ELECTRON GUN I - ELECTRON EMMISSION AND CONTROL BY BIAS
L ELECTRON GUN II - ELECTRON FOCUSING
L THE SWEEP CIRCUIT
L SOME ELEMENTARY THINGS AN OSCILLOSCOPE CAN DO
L FUNCTION OF THE AMPLIFIER IN THE OSCILLOSCOPE
L OSCILLOSCOPE CONTROLS AND THEIR FUNCTION
L BUILDING A SAWTOOTH GENERATOR - TESTING WITH OSCILLOSCOPE
L FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT I - TIME BASE
L FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT II - LISSAJOUS FIGURES
L PHASE AND THE OSCILLOSCOPE
L THE Z-AXIS IN THE OSCILLOSCOPE AND THE TV RECEIVER
L RUBBER MEMBRANE MODEL OF A CATHODE RAY TUBE
L GRAPHICS WITH AN OSCILLOSCOPE

K7. RLC Circuits

K8. Electromagnetics Waves

M MEASUREMENT OF THE SPEED OF LIGHT (B&W,8)
VT PRESSURE OF LIGHT (B&W,23)
M WAVE VELOCITIES, DISPERSION AND THE W-B DIAGRAM (B&W,25)
VT EM FIELDS ... A RISK? (COL,54)
L STANDING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
L DIPOLE RADIATION
L RADIATING DIPOLE ANTENNA
L THE SPEED OF MICROWAVES FROM MEASURED WAVELENGTH AND FREQUENCY
--SET OF LOOPS--COMPUTER ANIMATED ELECTROMAGNETISM--
L CONSTANT VELOCITY
L CHARGES THAT STOP
L CHARGES THAT START AND STOP
L OSCILLATING CHARGES

L1. Light Sources and Light Rays

L2. Plane Mirrors

VT DUCK SOUP MIRROR ROUTINE EXCERPT (B&W,3)

L3. Curved Mirrors

L4. Refraction

L REFLECTED LIGHT GLASS IN LIQUIDS
L TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION IN MICROWAVE OPTICS
L INDEX OF REFRACTION FOR MICROWAVES

L5. Total Internal Reflection

L TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION AND BARRIER PENETRATION

L6. Lenses

L7. Optical Instruments

M. Wave Optics

M1. Interference and Diffraction - Slits and Gratings

--SET OF LOOPS--DIFFRACTION--
L DIFFRACTION SINGLE SLIT (PSFC 2 Tape 4, Miller Tape 2)
L DIFFRACTION DOUBLE SLIT (PSFC 2 Tape 4, Miller Tape 2)
L RESOLVING POWER (Miller Tape 2)
--SET OF LOOPS--EXPERIMENTS IN MICROWAVE OPTICS--
L DIFFRACTION - MICROWAVES AND LIGHT
L INTERFERENCE I - YOUNG'S EXPERIMENT AND LLOYD'S MIRROR WITH MICROWAVES

M2. Diffraction - Circular

--SET OF LOOPS--EXPERIMENTS IN MICROWAVE OPTICS--
L FOCUSING BY DIFFRACTION I - WATER RIPPLES AND MICROWAVES
L FOCUSING BY DIFFRACTION II - WATER RIPPLES AND LIGHT
L SHADOW OF A HOLE

M3. Interferometers

L MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER
--SET OF LOOPS--EXPERIMENTS IN MICROWAVE OPTICS--
L MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER (Miller Tape 2)

M4 Thin Film Interference

--SET OF LOOPS--EXPERIMENTS IN MICROWAVE OPTICS--
L INTERFERENCE II - STANDING WAVES AND THIN FILMS OF AIR
L INTERFERENCE III - THIN FILMS

M5. Interference and Diffraction Esoterica

M6. Holograms

VT INTRODUCTION TO HOLOGRAPHY (COL,17)

M7. Linear Polarization and Scattering

L POLARIZATION

M8. Optical Activity and Birefringence

M9. Circular Polarization

N. Spectra and Color

N1. Continuous Spectra

N2. Line Spectra

L ABSORPTION SPECTRA (Miller Tape 3)

N3. Color

O. Vision

O1. Image Production

VT THE BRAIN: VISION AND MOVEMENT (COL,60)

O2. Visual Latency

O3. Color Vision

VT COLORFUL NOTIONS (COL,50)

O4. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

VT FEEDBACK PATTERNS WITH COLOR TV (COL,60)

P. MODERN PHYSICS

P1. Relativity

M ULTIMATE SPEED, AN EXPLORATION WITH HIGH EN ELECTRONS (B&W,38)
VT ULTIMATE SPEED - EXCERPTS (B&W,36)
M TIME DILATION, AN EXPERIMENT WITH MU MESONS (B&W,36)
M THE EINSTEIN THEORY OF RELATIVITY (SILENT) (B&W,17)
M RELATIVISTIC TIME DILATION (COL,12)
M INERTIA IN FALLING FRAMES (B&W,10)
L A RELATIVISTIC RIDE
L AN INERTIAL BOX
L TWIN PARADOX
L UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED REFERENCE FRAME
--SET OF LOOPS--COMPUTER ANIMATED RELATIVITY--
L THE SPEED OF PROJECTILES, SOUND AND LIGHT
L SIMULTANEITY IS RELATIVE
L THE MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT
L LENGTH CONTRACTION
L TIME DILATION
L THE DOPPLER EFFECT AND THE TWIN PARADOX
L WORLD LINES
L COORDINATE TRANSFORMATIONS

P2. Quantum Mechanics

M PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT (COL,28)
M PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT - EXCERPT (COL,8)
VD PHOTONS (B&W,19)
VD INTERFERENCE OF PHOTONS (B&W,13)
M MATTER WAVES (B&W,28)
M QUANTUM MECHANICAL HARMONIC OSCILLATOR (SILENT) (B&W,5)
M SCATTERING OF WAVE PACKETS (SILENT) (B&W,6)
VT PACKET OF AN UNCERTAIN GAUSSIAN (COL,9)
M SWINGING QUANTA (COL,9)
VT MULTI-QUANTUM WELL LONG WAVELENGTH INFRA-RED IMAGERY (COL,6)
--FEYNMAN--THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW SERIES--
VT PROBABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY - QUANTUM MECHANICAL VIEW OF NATURE (B&W,56)
L THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT
L OPTICAL BARRIER PENETRATION
--SET OF LOOPS--QUANTUM PHYSICS SERIES--
L SCATTERING IN ONE DIMENSION - BARRIERS
L SCATTERING IN ONE DIMENSION - SQUARE WELLS
L SCATTERING IN ONE DIMENSION - EDGE EFFECTS
L SCATTERING IN ONE DIMENSION - MOMENTUM SPACE
L FREE WAVE PACKETS
L PACKETS IN A PERFECT CRYSTAL - PERIODIC POTENTIALS
L PACKETS INCIDENT ON A CRYSTAL - PERIODIC POTENTIALS
L SCATTERING FROM IMPURITIES - PERIODIC POTENTIALS
L PARTICLE IN A BOX

P3. Atoms and Molecules

M THE ORIGIN OF THE ELEMENTS (COL,18)
M CHEMICAL BONDING (COL,15)
VT THE ATOM AND ITS PARTS (COL,16)
M ELECTROLYSIS (B&W,5)
M SIZE OF ATOMS FROM ATOMIC BEAM EXPERIMENT (B&W,28)
M HYDROGEN ATOM AS VIEWED BY QUANTUM MECHANICS STD VERS (COL,13)
M HYDROGEN ATOM AND RELATIVITY (SILENT) (B&W,8)
M INTRODUCTION TO LASERS (COL,17)
M MEASURING SHORT DISTANCES (B&W,20)
VT MILLIKAN EXPERIMENT (B&W,30)
M FRANCK-HERTZ EXPERIMENT(B&W,30)
M MOMENTUM OF ELECTRONS (COL,10)
--TELLER--THE ATOM SERIES--
M HOW BIG IS AN ATOM (B&W,30)
M WHAT MAKES ATOMS STICK TOGETHER (B&W,30)
M WHY ARE ATOMS UNPREDICTABLE (B&W,30)
L THE SPECTRUM OF THE HYDROGEN ATOM
L GAS DISCHARGE EXPERIMENT
L RAMSAUER EFFECT
L ASTON'S MASS SPECTROGRAPH
L MASS OF AN ATOM
L THE COVALENT BOND FORMING THE HYDROGEN MOLECULE
L THE STRUCTURE OF A COVALENT MOLECULE CCL4
--SET OF LOOPS--MODELS OF THE ATOM--
L THOMSON MODEL OF THE ATOM (PSFC 1 Tape 2)
L PRODUCTION OF SODIUM BY ELECTROLYSIS
L RUTHERFORD SCATTERING (PSFC 1 Tape 2)

P4. NUCLEI AND PARTICLES

VT MASS OF THE ELECTRON (B&W,18)
M THE NUCLEUS AND ITS PARTS (COL,17)
M POSITRON-ELECTRON ANNIHILATION (B&W,28)
M STRANGENESS MINUS 3 (B&W,45)
M SYNCHROTRON (COL,15)
M THE NUCLEAR REACTOR (B&W,9)
M U-238 RADIOACTIVE SERIES (B&W,9)
M PEOPLE AND PARTICLES (B&W,27)
M A IS FOR ATOM (COL,17)
M NOT ENOUGH POWER (COL,13)
M THE NEED FOR NUCLEAR - OUR ENERGY OPTIONS (COL,20)
M NUCLEAR POWER: AN INTRODUCTION (COL,20)
M THE BOILING WATER REACTOR (COL,10)
VT INTERACTION OF COSMIC STRINGS (COL,8)
VT EXPLORERS OF THE NUCLEUS - CYCLOTRON EXPERIMENT 190 (COL,49)
--FEYNMAN--THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW SERIES--
VT GREAT CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES (B&W,56)
VT SYMMETRY IN PHYSICAL LAW (B&W,57)
VT SEEKING NEW LAWS (B&W,58)
L RADIOACTIVITY
L RADIOACTIVE DECAY (Miller Tape 3)
L BETA DECAY
L ALPHA DECAY AND RADIOACTIVE CHAINS
L RUTHERFORD-ROYDS IDENTIFICATION OF ALPHA PARTICLES IN HELIUM
L SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY (Miller Tape 3)
L CRITICAL SIZE (NUCLEAR REACTIONS - CRITICAL SIZE)

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