Modern and Contemporary Physics (F)
Cathode and Canal Rays (F+0)
F+0+0 Vacuum tube with screen show cathode rays bent with a magnet.
F+0+5 Vacuum tube with metal cross makes shadow with cathode rays.
F+0+10 Vacuum tube with paddlewheel spins from cathode ray impact.
F+0+15 Braun tube (CRT) with magnetic and electrostatic deflection.
X-Rays (F+5)
F+5+0 X-Ray tube: Hard X-rays detected by fluorescent screen.
F+5+5 X-rays ionize electrode and discharge electroscope.
F+5+10 X-ray beam through cloud chamber shown on TV camera
F+5+15 Bragg diffraction using microwaves and steel balls in foam cube.
Electron Diffraction (F+10)
F+10+0 Electron diffraction by aluminum and graphite on CRT.
F+10+5 Film: Matter Waves, sound, 28 min.
Photoelectric Effect (F+15)
F+15+0 UV light hits charged zinc plate and discharges electroscope.
F+15+5 Light through different filters into phototube changes current.
F+15+10 Phototube circuit allows current flow in one direction only.
F+15+15 EMF generated by phototube using halogen light source.
F+15+20 Commercial solar cell spins propeller using halogen light source.
F+15+25 Light hits diode,causes current flow. Uses arc lamp.
F+15+30 NPN junction as a phototransistor amplifier.
F+15+35 Recording modulates laser beam which hits solar cell and amplifier.
F+15+40 Film loop: Photoelectric effect, 4:02 min.
Photons (F+18)
F+18+0 Film: "Photons", sound, 19 min..
F+18+5 Film: "Interference of photons", sound 13 min.
F+18+10 Photomultiplier tubes to show.
Atomic Structure (F+20)
F+20+0 "Plum pudding": Corks with magnets float in bowl/solenoid on OHP.
F+20+5 Rutherford scattering model: Steel balls, launcher, and "hill".
F+20+10 Model of the nucleus: Steel balls in plastic dish on OHP.
F+20+15 Film: "Rutherford atom", sound, 40 min.
F+20+20 Mechanical models of the hydrogen atom.
F+20+25 Bohr-Stoner charts(5): Electron configurations of the elements.
F+20+30 Wall chart or online applet of periodic table.
F+20+35 Wall chart or online applet of the nuclides.
Scattering (F+25)
F+25+10 Java applets: Quantum Properties
Quantum Mechanical Barrier Penetration (F+30)
F+30+0 Tunneling:Microwave analogy using wax prisms.
Elementary Particles (F+35)
F+35+0 Fundamental particle and interaction chart.(LBL)
Cloud Chambers (F+45)
F+45+0 Expansion cloud chamber with water and compression bulb.
F+45+5 Wilson cloud chamber, piston compression type.
F+45+10 Cloud chamber with dry ice and alcohol shown on TV camera.
F+45+15 Cloud chamber shows X-rays: Same as F+5+10.
Range of Alpha Particles (F+50)
F+50+0 Alpha range measured using small cloud chamber.
Franck-Hertz Experiment (F+55)
F+55+0 Film: "Franck-Hertz experiment", sound, 30 min.
Radioactivity (F+65)
F+65+0 Scintillation counter using Geiger tube.
F+65+5 Geiger counter.
F+65+10 Mechanical model of radioactive decay.
F+65+15 Wall chart of the nuclides.
F+65+20 Film loop: "Radioactivity", 4:00 min.
Accelerators (F+70)
F+70+0 Large mechanical model of the cyclotron.
Fission and Fusion (F+80)
F+80+0 Mousetrap chain reaction experiment.
F+80+5 Model of the uranium pile.
F+80+10 Demonstration of Proton Proton Chain
Superconductivity (F+85)
F+85+0 YBaCuO pellet with magnet in liquid nitrogen on TV camera.
Zeeman Effect (F+90)
F+90+0 Magnetic field splits Cd interferometer lines on TV camera.
Laser (F+95)
F+95+0 Working helium-neon laser in transparent housing.
Fuel Cells (F+100)
F+100+0 Fuel cell car runs off hydrogen and oxygen.