PIRA 6A46.00 RAINBOW

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
6A46.00Rainbow
6A46.10rainbowPIRA 500
6A46.10rainbow6A46.10
6A46.10rainbowOj-10An arc lamp directed at a sphere of water forms a rainbow on a screen.
6A46.10rainbowL-43Project a beam through a spherical flask of water and view the rainbow on a screen placed between the light and the flask.
6A46.11artifical rainbowL-45Form a vertical circle "rainbow" by placing a tube of water between a prism and screen.
6A46.12secondary rainbowAJP 58(6),593Use a single sphere with the back surface coated with a reflecting material to show both primary and secondary bows with increased intensity.
6A46.15rainbow dropletsL-44Small droplets formed by spraying an atomizer on a soot covered glass plate glisten like colored jewels when viewed at 41 degrees.
6A46.16rainbow dustAJP 56(11),1006On using small glass spheres to generate bows and halos.
6A46.20rainbow modelPIRA 1000
6A46.20rainbow model34-1.16Depict a three dimensional model of the rainbow with strings representing light rays.
6A46.25rainbow34-1.17A mechanical model for demonstrating rainbow formation shows why the rainbow is produced and why size depends on the time of day.
6A46.26rod and dowel raindrop modelTPT 28(7),509A rod and dowel raindrop model is used to show why a rainbow is bow-shaped.
6A46.30optical disc with spherical lensPIRA 1000
6A46.30optical disc with spherical lens6A46.30A single beam into a circular glass element is refracted, totally internally reflected, and refracted out again.
6A46.30rainbow discDisc 23-24A single beam is used with a spherical glass element on an optical board to show the path of refracted light that produces a rainbow.

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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