Physics Demo Manual

Due to Physics Building renovations, the lead time to set up demo requests has increased due to the need to transport equipment across campus. Please be kind and let me know well ahead of time what you need.

Electrostatics  Electric Fields And Potential  Capacitance  Current and Resistance  Electromotive Force And Current  DC Circuits  Magnetic Materials  Magnetism  Inductance   video  - Back EMF in an Inductor   video  - LR Circuit w/ Function Generator  LR Circuit w/ Battery   video  - Ringing LC Circuit w/ Function Generator  Ringing LC Circuit w/ Battery  Induction  Complex Circuits  Semiconductors And Tubes  Transmission Lines and Antennas

video  - Ringing LC Circuit w/ Function Generator Purpose: To illustrate the properties of a simple LC circuit with function generator during charging and discharging. Procedure:   DEMO VIDEO DOWNLOAD / no audio / 854x480 / 5.69Mb/s / 72MB size   Charging/Discharging LC Circuit: Use the same circuit setup as in our "Series LCR Circuit, Resonance" demo 5L20.20 listed under "Complex Circuits". For example, in clockwise order, function generator -> #14 light bulb (or 10Ω resistor), 4.25mH inductor w/ 84Ω internal resistance, 0.47μF capacitor. As shown in the image below, green trace (Channel-4) measures the voltage drop across capacitor, magenta trace (Channel-3) measures AC input voltage. Set the function generator output to a square wave and a frequency much lower than the natural resonant frequency of the LCR circuit (ie. 100Hz with 10Ω).