Electricity & Magnetism

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Choose a subtopic from the list below and see the demos we have to offer.

• 5A : Electrostatics

  
  
  • 5A10 Producing Static Charge
    • 5A10.10 - Rods and fur
    • 5A10.20 - Electrophorus
    
    
  • 5A20 Coulomb's Law
    • 5A20.10 - Rods and Pivot
    
    
  • 5A30 Conductors and Insulators
    • 5A30.10 - Wire versus String
    
    
  • 5A40 Induced Charge
    • 5A40.15 - Electroscope Charging by Induction
    • 5A40.20 - Charge Propelled Cylinder
    
    
  
  

• 5B : Electric Fields and Potential

  
  
  • 5B10 Electric Field
    • 5B10.10 - Hair on End
    • 5B10.15 - Van de Graaff Streamers
    • 5B10.25 - Styrofoam Peanuts
    
    
  • 5B20 Gauss' Law
    • 5B20.30 - Electroscope in a Cage
    
    
  • 5B30 Electrostatic Potential
    • 5B30.35 - Point and Ball with Van de Graaff
    
    
  
  

• 5C : Capacitance

  
  
  • 5C10 Capacitors
    • 5C10.10 - Sample Capacitors
    • 5C10.20 - Parallel Plate Capacitor
    
    
  • 5C20 Dielectrics
    • 5C20.10 - Capacitor with Dielectrics
    
    
  • 5C30 Energy Stored in a Capacitor
    • 5C30.20 - Short a Capacitor
    • 5C30.30 - Light the Bulb
    
    
  
  

• 5D : Resistance

  
  
  • 5D40 Conduction in Gases
    • 5D40.10 - Jacob's Ladder
    
    
  
  

• 5F : DC Circuits

  
  
  • 5F10 Ohm's Law
    • 5F10.10 - Ohm's Law
    
    
  • 5F20 Circuit Analysis
    • 5F20.50 - Series and Parallel Light Bulbs
    
    
  • 5F30 RC Circuits
    • 5F30.10 - Capacitor and Light Bulbs
    • 5F30.20 - RC Time Constant on Scope
    
    
  
  

• 5G : Magnetic Materials

  
  
  • 5G10 Magnets
    • 5G10.20 - Break the Magnet
    
    
  • 5G20 Magnetic Domains and Magnetization
    • 5G20.50 - Pound Iron Bar
    • 5G20.71 - Electromagnet
    
    
  • 5G50 Temperature and Magnetism
    • 5G50.50 - Meissner Effect
    
    
  
  

• 5H : Magnetic Fields and Forces

  
  
  • 5H10 Magnetic Fields
    • 5H10.11 - Compass Needles and Magnet
    • 5H10.30 - Magnet and Iron Filings
    
    
  • 5H15 Fields and Currents
    • 5H15.10 - Field of Wire and Iron Filings
    • 5H15.40 - Solenoid and Iron Filings
    
    
  • 5H20 Forces of Magnets
    • 5H20.10 - Magnets and Pivot
    • 5H20.20 - Levitation Magnets
    
    
  • 5H25 Magnet-Electromagnet Interaction
    • 5H25.10 - Magnet in a Coil
    
    
  • 5H30 Force on Moving Charges
    • 5H30.15 - Bending an Electron Beam
    
    
  • 5H40 Force on Current in Wires
    • 5H40.10 - Parallel Wires
    • 5H40.30 - Jumping Wire
    • 5H40.31 - Magnetic Force on Conducting Strip
    
    
  
  

• 5K : Electromagnetic Induction

  
  
  • 5K10 Induced Currents and Forces
    • 5K10.20 - Induction Coil with Magnet
    • 5K10.48 - Current-Coupled Oscillators
    
    
  • 5K20 Eddy Currents
    • 5K20.10 - Eddy Current Pendulum
    • 5K20.15 - Eddy Damped Pendulum
    • 5K20.24 - Plates and Magnets
    • 5K20.25 - Magnets and Eddy Tubes
    • 5K20.30 - Jumping Ring
    • 5K20.65 - Electromagnetic Can Crusher
    
    
  • 5K30 Transformers
    • 5K30.60 - Reaction of Secondary to Primary
    
    
  • 5K40 Motors and Generators
    • 5K40.10 - DC Motor
    • 5K40.80 - Hand Crank Generator
    • 5K40.83 - Bicycle Generator
    
    
  
  

• 5L : AC Circuits

  
  
  • 5L10 Impedance
    • 5L10.10 - Inductive Choke
    
    
  
  

• 5N : Electromagnetic Radiation

  
  
  • 5N30 Electromagnetic Spectrum
    • 5N30.10 - Project the Spectrum
    • 5N30.30 - Microwaver Transmitter and Receiver
    
    
  
  

• Audio-Visual Resources

  
  

  The Electricity and Magnetism videos are stored in MSTB 139.

  
  
  • • The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond: Vol.11-12 and Vol.27-39
    • Physics Single-Concept Films Collection 2, Unit IV