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Physics Experiments

Physics Experiments¶

Last updated 2026-05-23 by Dr John Elfick

Physics table

Physics A¶

Alternating current, motor vehicles

29.3.1 Ampère's law

Angular acceleration

Angular momentum

Anode and cathode

Astrology and the zodiac

Astronomy bodies

Atmospheric pressure

Physics B¶

Beats. Superposition

Bernoulli force

Beer can, Beverage can

Boltzmann constant

Bucket and cylinder experiment

Physics C¶

Candoluminescence

Capillary action

Carbon dioxide gas cylinder

Card and cotton reel spool

Cartesian diver

Catalytic converters

Cathode ray tubes

Cells, batteries

Cement and concrete

Central forces of rotation

Centre of gravity

CERN school experiments

Change of state

Charge, Electric charge

Charge electroscope by induction

Chladni vibrating plate

Chocolate wrapper cell Experiment

Circuit analysis Experiment

Circuit breaker

Circular motion

Coefficient of restitution

Coefficient of thermal expansion

Coin snatching Experiment

Coin tricks Experiment

Coins keep moving Experiment

Cold air heavier than warm air

Cold cathode tubes

Colligative properties, (See: 7.)

Combined gas equation

Compression, Stress

Conservation of energy, Experiments

Power, Concert pitch, (See: 5), musical concert

Condensation nuclei

38.6.2 Condensers

Conduction of gaseous ions

Conduction of heat

Conservation of angular momentum

Conservation of energy

Conservation of linear momentum

Construct heat sources

Cooling by evaporation

Cotton thread rises

Cottrell smoke precipitator

Couple, Moments

Coupled pendulums

Critical point temperature

Crookes' radiometer

Crystal growth on overhead projector

Concentrated solar power system, Solar panels

Curie temperature

Current electricity

Curved mirrors, Reflection

Physics D¶

Dalton's law of partial pressures

Daniell cell Experiment

Decompression sickness

Depression of FP. cola

24.2.0Dew point and humidity

Dichroic polarization colours

Digital recording

Distance / time graph

Double ball drop

Drafting, Aerodynamic

Drink can, Beverage can

Drinking bird heat engine

Drinking straw hydrometer

33.5.0 Dry cell battery

Dynamo, Bicycle

Physics E

Earthquakes and Richter scale

Earth's magnetic field

Electronics circuits

Energy

Entropy, Third law

Equal forces of spring clothes pegs

Equations of uniformly accelerated motion

Exhaust gases, motor vehicles

Expired air resuscitation (Adult)

Expired air resuscitation (Child)

Exposure meter Experiment

Physics F¶

Fahrenheit scale

Fan on a sailing boat, Newton's sailboat

Faraday flashlight

Faraday's ice pail experiment

Faraday's law for induced emf

Feel vibrations with a balloon

Fibre optic cable

Fire extinguisher cart

Fleming's left-hand rule

Focal length of a convex lens

Force on current-carrying wire

Foucault pendulum

Franklin's bell

Pitch and frequency

Frequency of sound

Physics G¶

Galileo's experiments

Galvanic cell Experiment

Galvanometer converted to ammeter

Galvanometer from a pocket compass

Tangent galvanometer

Gas pressure, pascal

Gay-Lussac's Law

Generators of electric motors

Generators, motor vehicles

Geology fieldwork

Geological time scales

See diagram Means: Geometric mean

Glass harmonica

Global warming and climate change

Gold leaf electroscope

Graham's law of diffusion

Gramophone record

Graphic file formats

Gravesande's experiment, Work and energy

Great Barrier Reef

Greenhouse gases

Greenwich Mean Time

Physics H¶

Haidinger's brush

Halbach array, Magnetic levitation

Hanging magnets and inverse square law

Hare's apparatus

Heap up water up in a glass

Henry's law and decompression sickness

Hold water in a sieve

Homopolar motor

Horseshoe electromagnets

Hot air balloons

Hot dog / pickle cooker

Hot water freezes faster than cold water

Physics I¶

Ideal gas constant

Image with a convex lens

Impulse, (See: 8.)

Incandescent lamp Experiment

Instruments to detect electric current

Insulators and conductors

Interference and diffraction of sound

International system of units

Internal resistance of a cell

Inversion mirror

Ionization alarms

Isothermal change

Isotropy and thixotropy

Physics J¶

Joule's equivalent

Physics K.¶

Kelvin scale, absolute zero

Kinetic theory of gases

Kirchoff's circuit laws

Physics L¶

Latent heat of fusion

Lateral inversion in a mirror

Lead-acid battery

Lemon cell electricity Experiment

Lens refraction

Leyden jar capacitor

Lift ice cube with salt

Lift pump syringe

Lift the water surface

Lift water by blowing (See: 12.)

Light-emitting diode

Light bulb brightness

Light rays through lenses

Lighthouse prism, Fresnel lens

Light rays, optics

Linear momentum, impulse

Liquid pressure

Longitudinal wave with a slinky spring

Lorentz force law

Lost volume of liquids, Shrinking volume

Low voltage light source

Lubrication of engine oil

Luminance and illuminance

Physics M¶

Magdeburg hemispheres

Magnesium / copper cell Experiment

Magnesium pencil sharpener cell Experiment

Magnifier water drop

Magnifying power of a lens

Malleable materials, (See: 3.)

Mariotte bottle

Mass and weight

Maxwell's demon

Mechanical equivalent of heat

Mechanical properties of materials

Meissner effect

See diagram 2.1.6: Volume of a liquid, Meniscus

Mersenne's law sonometer

Meteorology, Weather

Mirrors reflection at curved surfaces

Mirrors reflection at flat surfaces

Mohs scale of hardness

37.4.0 Moisture enters and leaves the air

Molar gas constant for universal gas equation

Moment of inertia

Moment of inertia Experiment

Momentum seat belts

Monochord sonometer

Morse equation for osmotic pressure

Motor vehicle battery

Motor vehicle electricity

Motors and generators

Move a boat with surface tension

Multimeter applications

Musical instruments

Physics N¶

Navigation data

Negative thermal expansion

Newton, Sir Isaac

Newton's universal law of gravitation

Newtonian fluids

Nickel-cadmium battery

Nickel-metal hydride battery

Nicholson hydrometer

Non-Newtonian fluids

Non-Newtonian fluids

Normal reaction, Newton's third law

Physics O¶

Octave, (See: 6), Sol-fa notation

Oersted's effect

Oil shale fracking

Open right-hand rule

Optical bench for studying lenses

Optical low-cost devices

Optical illusions

Oscillating mercury

Oscillation of sound

Oscilloscope, Cathode ray tube

Oxyacetylene welding

Physics P¶

Parabolic mirrors

Pascal's hydraulic press

Peltier effect Experiment

Pencil sharpener galvanic cell Experiment

Phase changes B P

Phase changes M P and F P

Photoelectric cell

Piezoelectricity

2.2.0 Pipettes

Pitch of a note, (See: 2.)

Pith ball indicator electroscope

Plane mirrors reflection

Plumber's force cup

Poiseuille flow

Poisson's ratio

Polarization and radiation pressure

Portland cement

Potential difference and electromotive force Experiment

Power, (See: 4), musical concert

UNPh12, Pressure

Primary and secondary colours

Projectile motion Experiments

Pyroelectricity

Physics Q¶

Physics R¶

Radiation of heat

Ray box for beams of light

Rayleigh scattering

Reaction force water jet

Recoil from firing a rifle

Recording sound

Recording timer

Reduce friction

Refraction of light rays

Refrigerator door magnet, (See: 2.)

Relative density

Renewable energy

Repulsing balloons

Resistance, motor vehicles

Resolution of forces

Resolution of diffraction grating

Retrodirective mirrors

page down Reynolds' number

Rheostat, (See: 8)

Richter scale of earthquakes

Right angle prism inverter

Right-hand rule

Ring pulls of beverage cans

Rising stones granular mixtures

Rockets and thrust

Roller skating action

Physics S¶

Safety equipment

Saint Elmo's fire

Saturation vapour pressure

Scalars and vectors

Science Maths and Technology

Seat belt necessity in a motor car

38.5.18 Seat belt warning

See-saw centre of mass

Seeing and feeling sound vibrations

Shower curtains and Bernoulli force

Shower for eye washing

SI or International system of units

Simple harmonic motion

Size of slit with a rope

Skipping stones on water

Sliding friction

Slipstreaming and tailgating

Smoke alarms ionization

Smoke box to study light rays

Snooker and shooting pool

Soda pop can, soft drink "can" of drink

Sol-fa notation, (See: 6), singing

Solders for electronic circuits

Solid expansion caused by heat

Sparks, Franklin's bell

Specific heat capacity

Speed and acceleration

Spinning glass of water

Spinning ice skater

Spirit burner Experiment

Standard atmosphere

Standard temperature and pressure

Standing waves with a rope

Stationary waves in Chinese temple

Stars and planets

Static electricity

Stationary wave with a rope

Stirling engine

Stopping distance

Standard temperature and pressure

Streamline and turbulent flow

Stress and strain

Strings resonance

Superconductors

Supersaturation in the atmosphere

Surface tension

Super ball bouncing

Swell of the sea

38.5.0 Switching circuits

Syringe lift pump

Physics T¶

Tablecloth pull inertia trick Experiment

Tailgating and slipstreaming

Tangent galvanometer

Tension, compression, shear

Tectonic stress and strain

Telephone book interleaved friction

Tennis balls bounce

Tensile and compressive stress

Terminal velocity of falling object

Test-tube force pump

Thermal conductivity

Thermal expansion

Thermoelectric effects

Thermometers and temperature

"Thermos flask"

Thick lens and thin lens refraction

Thompson effect

Three-holes bottle

Threshold of hearing

Throwing a ball Experiment

Thrust and recoil

Ticker timer recording timer

Tides simulation

Tightrope walking

Toothbrush friction

Torch, flashlight

Torque, Moments

Torricelli atmospheric pressure

Total internal reflection

See diagram Tradmark: Trademark, | TM | or | R in a circle superscript |

38.5.26 Traffic lights

Transducer load cell

Transfer of angular momentum

38.6.9 Transformers

Transmission of power

Transmission of sound

Transverse wave with a slinky spring

Triboelectric series

Turbulent and streamline flow

Tyndall effect of sunbeams

Tyres for braking and stopping

Physics U¶

U-tube for pressure measurement

Ultraviolet rays

Universal gas equation, PV = nRT

Physics V¶

Vacuum, Sound waves

Vacuum flask, Dewar flask

Valves, electronics

Van't Hoff factor for dilute solutions

van de Graaff generator

Vapour pressure of water

Vapour pressure saturation

Variable autotransformer and light bulb

Vectors and scalars

Velocity position and acceleration

Velocity and speed

Venus, Transit of Venus

Vibrating drums and balloons

Vibration and circular motion

Vibration of sound

Vibration seen and felt

Vibrations of tuning forks

Viscoelasticity creep

Visible spectrum and rainbows

Volatility of different liquids

Volume and pressure of air

Physics W¶

Walking the plank

Water through a bath plug hole

Watt unit of power

25.3.0H">Wave motion

Wave patterns of a tuning fork

Wave properties of sound

Wavelength of sound

Waves in a ripple tank

Wetting drops and films

Wheatstone bridge

Wicks capillary action, (See: 3.)

Wimshurst machine

Windshear and noise level

Work and energy

Physics X¶

Physics Y¶

Yo-yo on a balance

Young's two-slit experiment, Interference

Young's modulus

Physics Z¶

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