MIT Department of Physics Technical Services Group
The Technical Services Group at MIT's Department of Physics provides technical and teaching support for undergraduate courses at MIT. Our many rooms of physics demos, accumulated over the past century, display subtle physics concepts ranging from electromagnetism, to kinematics, to optics.
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Paramagnetism Of Liquid Oxygen
Added 1 month ago | 00:02:22 | 2037 views
First, liquid oxygen is made by passing gaseous oxygen through a tube submerged in liquid nitrogen. Then the oxygen is poured between the poles of a strong electro magnet. The paramagnetic nature of the oxygen causes an induced dipole....
Sound Wave Interference
Added 4 months ago | 00:02:14 | 3075 views
Two speakers, mounted on the table and facing each other, are driven by a function generator. A microphone is introduced between the speakers and the sound waves are displayed on an oscilloscope. This demonstrates the effect of interfe...
Ring Falling in a Magnetic Field
Added 4 months ago | 00:03:27 | 3127 views
Three aluminium objects are dropped through a magnetic field. The objects move slower entering and leaving the field due to changes in the flux through the object. The change in the flux through a conductor results in a force which opp...
Field of a Sphere and an Infinite P...
Added 5 months ago | 00:02:23 | 2355 views
A Mylar balloon is held near a charged Van de Graaff generator. The balloon is moved radially away from the sphere and its deflection from the vertical is observed to decrease with distance. The same procedure is done with a conducting...
Charge and Electric Field of a Holl...
Added 5 months ago | 00:01:54 | 2197 views
A conducting sphere is charged with a Wimshurst Machine. Charge is removed from the outside of the sphere and placed on an electroscope, which deflects outwards. When the procedure is done for the inside of the sphere, it is found that...
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- Science
- Language
- English
- Website
- TSG @ MIT (web.mit.edu/tsg)
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