** PHYWE PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS **
 

1. Mechanics
1.1  Measurement Techniques
1.1.01 Measurement : length, weight and time

1.1.02 Force measurement with PC interface

1.1.03 Measurement of rotational velocity

1.1.04 Measurement of minimal force differences

1.2  Statics
1.2.01 Moments

1.2.02 Modulus of elasticity

1.2.03 Mechanical hysteresis

1.3  Dynamics
1.3.01 Hooke's law

1.3.02 Hooke's law with PC interface

1.3.03 Newton's law / Air track

1.3.04 Uniformly accelerated motion (Air track , Interface)

1.3.05 Laws of collision / Air track

1.3.07 Free fall

1.3.08 Free fall  (Interface)

1.3.10 Atwood's machine  (Interface)

1.3.11 Projectile motion

1.3.12 Ballistic pendulum

1.3.13 Moment of inertia and angular acceleration

1.3.14 Moment of inertia and angular acceleration

          (Interface)

1.3.15 Moment and angular momentum

1.3.16 Centrifugal force

1.3.17 Dependence of central force on angular velocity, track radius and mass (Interface)

1.3.18 Mechanical conservation of energy

         / Maxwell's wheel

1.3.19 Laws of gyroscopes / 3-axis gyroscope

1.3.20 Laws of gyroscopes / Cardanic gyroscope

1.3.21 Mathematical pendulum

1.3.22 Reversible pendulum

1.3.23 Variable g pendulum

1.3.24 Variable g pendulum (Interface)

1.3.25 Coupled pendula

1.3.26 Harmonic oscillations of spiral springs -

        Springs linked in parallel and in series

1.3.27 Forced oscillations - Pohl's pendulum

1.3.28 Parallel axis theorem / Steiner's theorem

1.3.29 Moments of inertia of different bodies /

        Steiner's theorem (Interface)

1.3.30 Torsional vibrations and torsion modulus

1.3.31 Moment of inertia and torsional vibrations

1.3.32 The propagation of a periodically excited

        continuous transverse wave

1.3.33 Phase velocity of rope waves

1.4  Mechanics of Liquids and Gaseous Bodies
1.4.01 Density of liquids

1.4.02 Surface of rotating liquids

1.4.03 Viscosity of Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids  (rotary viscometer)
1.4.04 Viscosity measurements

1.4.05 Surface tension by the ring method

1.4.06 Surface tension  (Interface)

1.4.07 Barometric height formula

1.4.08 Drag (resistance to flow)

1.4.09 Lift and drag

1.5  Mechanical Vibration Acoustics
1.5.01 Vibration of strings

1.5.03 Velocity of sound in air and in metal rods (Interface)

1.5.04 Acoustic Doppler effect

1.5.05 Acoustic Doppler effect  (Interface)

1.5.06 Velocity of sound (Kundt's tube)

1.5.07 Wavelengths and frequencies with a Quincke tube

1.5.08 Resonance frequencies (Helmholtz resonators;      (Interface)

1.5.09 Interference of acoustic waves, stationary waves  and diffraction at a slot (Interface)

1.5.10 Optical determination of velocity of sound in liquids

1.5.11 Phase and group velocity of ultrasonics in liquids

1.5.12 Temperature dependence of the velocity of sound in liquids

1.6  Applied Mechanics
1.6.01 Notch bar impact test

1.6.02 Material testing: Tensile test/Compression test

2. Optics
2.1  Geometrical Optics
2.1.01 Measuring the velocity of light

2.1.02 Laws of lenses and optical instruments

2.1.03 Dispersion and resolving power of the prism

2.1.04 Dispersion and resolving power of a grating

2.2  Interference
2.2.01 Interference of light

2.2.02 Newton's rings

2.2.03 Interference at a Mica plate according to Pohl

2.2.04 Fresnel's zone construction / Zone plate

2.2.05 Michelson interferometer

2.2.06 Coherence and width of spectral lines

          (Michelson interferometer)

2.2.07 Refraction index of air and CO2

          (Michelson interferometer)

2.3  Diffraction
2.3.01 Diffraction at a slit 

2.3.02 Diffraction of light at a slit and an edge


 

2.3.03 Intensity of diffractions due to pin hole
        diaphragms and circular obstacles

2.3.04 Determination of diffraction intensity

        due to multiple slits and grids

2.3.05 Determination of the diffraction intensity

        at slit and double slit systems

2.3.06 Diffraction intensity through a slit and a wire

          (Babinet's theorem)

2.4  Photometry
2.4.01 Transmission of colour filters -

        Absorption of light (UV-VIS spectroscopy)

2.4.02 Photometric law of distance

2.4.03 Photometric law of distance with PC interface

2.4.04 Lambert's law

2.4.05 Lambert-Beer law - Diode array spectrometer

2.5  Polarisation
2.5.01 Polarisation by quarterwave plates

2.5.02 Polarimetry

2.5.03 Fresnel's equations - Theory of reflection

2.5.04 Malus' law

2.6  Applied Optics
2.6.01 Faraday effect

2.6.02 Kerr effect

2.6.03 Recording and reconstruction of holograms

2.6.04 CO2-laser

2.6.05 LDA - Laser-Doppler-Anemometry

2.6.07 Helium Neon Laser

2.6.08 Optical pumping

2.6.09 Nd-YAG laser

2.6.10 Fibre optics

2.6.11 Fourier optics - 2f Arrangement

2.6.12 Fourier optics - 4f Arrangement 

        - Filtering and reconstruction

2.7 Handbooks
2.7.01 Physics Demonstration Experiments 

        - Magnet Board Optics

2.7.02 Laser Physics I-Experiments with coherent light

2.7.03 Laser Physics II - Holography

2.7.04 Laser Physics III - Interferometry

2.7.05 Diode array spectrometer

3. Thermodynamics
3.1 Thermal Expansion
3.1.01 Thermal expansion in solids and liquids

3.2  Ideal and Real Gases
3.2.01 Equation of state of ideal gases

3.2.02 Heat capacity of gases

3.2.03 Maxwellian velocity distribution

3.2.04 Thermal equation of state and critical point

3.2.05 Adiabatic coefficient of gases
        - Flammersfeld oscillator

3.2.06 Joule-Thomson effect  

 

3.3  Calorimetry, Friction Heat
3.3.01 Heat capacity of metals

3.3.02 Mechanical equivalent of heat

3.3.03 Heat of formation for CO2 and CO (Hess' Law)

3.3.04 COBRA - Calorimetry

3.4 Phase Transitions
3.4.01 Vapour pressure of water at high temperature

3.4.02 Vapour pressure of water below 100·É

        / Molar heat of vaporization

3.4.03 Boiling point elevation

3.4.04 Freezing point depression

3.4.05 Phase transitions / Differential thermoanalysis

3.5 Transport and Diffusion
3.5.01 Stefan-Boltzmann's law of radiation

3.5.02 Thermal and electrical conductivity of metals

3.5.03 Diffusion potentials / Nernst equation

3.6 Applied Thermodynamics
3.6.01 Solar ray collector

3.6.02 Heat pump

3.6.03 Heat insulation / Heat conduction

3.6.04 Stirling engine

3.7 Handbooks
3.7.01 Glass jacket system

3.7.02 Air cushion table

3.7.03 Physics Demonstration Experiments -

          Magnet Board Thermodynamics

4. Electricity
4.1 Stationary Currents
4.1.01 Measurement of low resistance

4.1.02 Wheatstone bridge

4.1.03 Internal resistance and matching in voltage source

4.1.04 Temperature dependence of different resistors

        and diodes

4.1.05 Working definition of voltage

4.1.06 Current balance / Force acting on a current 

        -carrying conductor

4.1.07 Semiconductor thermogenerator

4.1.08 Peltier heat pump

4.1.09 Characteristic curves of a solar cell

4.1.10 Characteristic curves of electron tubes

          (diode, triode)

4.1.11 Characteristic and efficiency of PEM fuel cell and PEM electrolyser


 

4.2 Electric Field
4.2.01 Electrical fields and potentials in the plate capacitor

4.2.02 Charging curve of a capacitor

4.2.03 Capacitance of metal spheres, spherical capacitor

4.2.04 Coulomb's law / Image charge

4.2.05 Coulomb potential and Coulomb field

4.2.06 Dielectric constant of different materials  

 

4.3  Magnetic Field
4.3.01 Earth's magnetic field

4.3.02 Magnetic field of single coils(Biot-Savart's law

4.3.03 Magnetic field of paired coils in Helmholtz 

        arrangement

4.3.04 Magnetic moment in the magnetic field

4.3.05 Magnetic field outside a straight conductor

4.3.06 Magnetic field inside a conductor

4.3.07 Ferromagnetic hysteresis (Interface)

4.4  Electrodynamics
4.4.01 Transformer

4.4.02 Magnetic induction

4.4.03 Inductance of solenoids

4.4.04 Coil in the AC circuit

4.4.05 Capacitor in the AC circuit

4.4.06 RLC Circuit

4.4.07 Rectifier circuits

4.4.08 RC Filters

4.4.09 High-pass and low-pass filters

4.4.10 RLC measuring bridge

4.4.11 Resistance, phase shift and power in AC circuits

4.5  Electromagnetic Oscillations and Waves
4.5.02 Coupled oscillating circuits

4.5.04 Interference of microwaves

4.5.05 Diffraction of microwaves

4.5.06 Diffraction and polarization of microwaves

4.5.08 Radiation field of a horn antenna/Microwaves

4.5.09 Frustrated total reflection / Microwaves

4.6   Handbooks
4.6.01 Electrical Energy and Power

5. Physical Structure of Matter
5.1  Physics of the Electron
5.1.01 Elementary charge and Millikan experiment

5.1.02 Specific charge of the electron - e/m

5.1.03 Franck-Hertz experiment

5.1.04 Planck's "quantum of action" from photoelectric effect (line separation by interference filters) 

5.1.05 Planck's "quantum of action" from the photoelectric effect (line separation by defraction grating)


5.1.06 Fine structure and one-electron spectrum

5.1.07 Balmer series/Determination of Rydberg's 

constant

5.1.08 Atomic spectra of two-electron systems: He,Hg

5.1.09 Two-electron spectra with the prism spectrometer

5.1.10 Zeeman effect

5.1.11 Stern-Gerlach experiment

5.1.12 Electron spin resonance

5.1.13 Electron diffraction 

 

5.2 Radioactivity
5.2.01 Half-life and radioactive equilibrium

5.2.02 Law of radioactive decay

5.2.03 Influence of the dead time of the counter tube on the pulse distribution

5.2.04 Visualisation of radioactive particles / Diffusion cloud chamber

5.2.05 Poisson's distribution and Gaussian distribution of radioactive decay

5.2.06 COBRA - Radioactivity

5.2.07 COBRA - Statistics of the radioactive decay

5.2.21 Rutherford experiment

5.2.22 Fine structure of the a-spectrum of 241 Am

5.2.23 Study of the a-energies of 226 Ra

5.2.24 Energy loss of a-particles in gases

5.2.31 Electron absorption

5.2.32 b-spectroscopy

5.2.41 Law of distance and absorption of gamma rays

5.2.42 Energy dependence of the g-absorption coefficient

5.2.43 Absorption of g-quantums and their dependence

 on the material density

5.2.44 Compton effect

5.2.45 Internal conversion in 137m Ba

5.2.46 Photonuclear cross-section / Compton scattering cross-section

5.2.47 X-ray fluorescence and Moseley's law

5.3 Solid-state Physics
5.3.01 Hall effect in p-germanium

5.3.02 Hall effect in n-germanium

5.3.03 Hall effect in metals

5.3.04 Band gap of germanium

5.3.05 Superconductivity / Transition temperature

5.3.06 Superconductivity / Influence of current and B-field

  

5.4 X-ray Physics
5.4.01 Characteristic X-rays and Bragg scattering with higher order

5.4.02 X-ray monochromatization
5.4.03 Duane-Hunt displacement law and Planck's "quantum of action"

5.4.04 X-ray absorption

5.4.05 K and L-absorption edges of X-rays / Moseley's law and Rydberg constant

5.4.06 Planck's "quantum of action"

5.4.07 Compton scattering of X-rays

5.4.08 X-ray investigation of structures / Debye-Scherrer and Laue methods

5.4.10 X-ray dosimetry

5.4.11 Physics Demonstration Experiments-Magnet Board Optics

5.4.12 COBRA - X-ray Spectroscopy