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Nanophysics
Atomic Force Microscopy
Resistance of Atomic Wires
Imaging Atoms (Demonstration)
Waves
Audio Crime Lab
Resonance in Transverse Waves
Diffraction of Light
Clearly Colorful Thin Films
Exploring Wave Phenomena
Arecibo's Giant Mirror
Doppler Effect
Resonance in Longitudinal Waves
Electricity and Magnetism
Water Analogy to Electric Circuits
Discovering Ohm's Law
Too Cool to Resist
Magnetic Force on a wire with current
Biocircuits
Foutan Board
Snap, Crackle and Pop
Nature of Resistance
Power to the People
Quantum Physics
Bohr Model Game
The Phantastic Photon
Light Emitting Diodes
Mechanics
Double Pendulum
Mousetrap and Ping Pong Balls
The Physics of Rock Climbing
Vortex Rings
Stunt Car Challenge!
The Physics of Baseball
Particle Physics
Cloud Chamber and Cosmic Rays
Optics
Communicating with Light
Is the Light Bulb Too Good to be True?
Measuring the Speed of Light
Energy
Energy Conversion in a Light Bulb
Other
Introduction to Graphing
Introduction to the Oscilloscope
DNA Diffraction and DNA Structure
Too Cool to Resist
Authors: Allister McRae, Eric Smith
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Previous title: Superconductivity, Too Cool to Resist
Abstract: Students will take measurements of the voltage across a copper resistor and a superconductor starting at room temperature. By controlling the amount of thermal contact with liquid nitrogen, students then measure the voltages down to approximately 77K. By graphing their results, they will see the effect of temperature on the resistance of a “normal” conductor, and the radically different effect on a superconductor. The lab ends with a demonstration of the Meissner Effect, a superconducting classic!
