PIRA 6D30.00 THIN FILMS

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
6D30.00Thin Films
6D30.10Newton's ringsPIRA 200Reflect white light off Newton's rings onto the wall.
6D30.10Newton's rings6D30.10Newton's rings are projected on the wall.
6D30.10Newton's ringsOl-17Reflect light off a long focal length lens squeezed against a flat glass.
6D30.10Newton's ringsL-71A long focal length lens is held against a flat. Note change of ring size with different colored light.
6D30.10Newton's ringsO-7f.2Newton's rings with monochromatic light.
6D30.10Newton's ringsDisc 23-15Reflect white light off Newton's rings apparatus to a screen.
6D30.11Newton's rings - HeNeAJP 59(7),662Not the standard. The laser light reflected from the curved and flat surfaces of a plano-convex lens is superimposed on a screen.
6D30.12Netwon's rings - float glassAJP 46(2),187Some diagrams and pictures of arrangements using float glass (very flat) to demonstrate Newton's rings.
6D30.20soap film interferencePIRA 200Reflect white light off a soap film onto a screen.
6D30.20soap film interference6D30.20Project white light reflected off a soap film in a wire frame onto the wall.
6D30.20soap film interferenceOl-16Reflect white light off a soap film onto a screen.
6D30.20soap film interferenceL-68Illuminate a soap film with an extended source in a darkened room.
6D30.20soap film interferenceL-67Project light reflecting off a soap film onto a screen.
6D30.20soap film interferenceDisc 23-18Reflect white light off a soap film on a wire frame.
6D30.21stable black soap filmsAJP 53(2),177Vidal Sasson - Extra Gentle Formula makes black films lasting five minutes or longer.
6D30.22soap film transmission and reflectioTPT 28(7),479A configuration that allows simultaneous viewing of transmitted and reflected patterns shows the colors of corresponding bands are complementary.
6D30.23constant soap filmAJP 29(19),713Fit a large graduate with a rectangular frame with the handle protruding through the stopper. Fill half full with soap solution.
6D30.25Boys rainbow cupL-69Rotate a hemispherical shell with a soap film across the front so the black spot forms in the middle.
6D30.30air wedgePIRA 500
6D30.30air wedge6D30.30
6D30.30air wedgeOl-18A sodium lamp illuminates an air wedge between two plates of glass.
6D30.30air wedge with sodium light35-2.2Diffuse sodium light with frosted glass before reflecting it off two plane glass plates.
6D30.30air wedgeL-70Reflect an extended monochromatic source off two large pieces of plate glass held together.
6D30.30glass plates in sodium lightDisc 23-14The diffused light from a high intensity sodium lamp is viewed by reflection off one and two pieces of plate glass.
6D30.40Pohl's mica sheetPIRA 500
6D30.40Pohl's mica sheet6D30.40
6D30.40mica interferenceOl-15Show interference by reflection of filtered mercury light from a mica sheet onto a screen.
6D30.40mica sheet35-2.3Reflect light from a mercury point source off a thin sheet of mica onto the opposite wall. Derivation.
6D30.40Pohl's mica thin filmO-7eMercury light is reflected off a thin mica sheet. Mercury light source reference: AJP 19(4),248.
6D30.40Pohl's mica sheetDisc 23-17Mercury light reflects off a sheet of mica onto a screen.
6D30.45turpentine film35-2.4White light incident of the surface of turpentine on water at an angle of 45-60 degrees is focused on a screen.
6D30.48absorption phase shiftAJP 44(8),794Cover the back of a microscope slide with streaks of an absorbing dye and observed under monochromatic light.
6D30.50temper colors35-2.5A thin film of oxide forms on a polished steel sheet when it is heated.
6D30.60interference filtersPIRA 1000
6D30.60interference filter35-2.6A interference filter for the mercury green line is used with white, mercury, and neon light at different angles of incidence.
6D30.60interference filtersDisc 23-16White light is seen in reflection and transmission on a thread screen using three different interference filters.
6D30.61interference filmsO-7f.1A broad source (36 sq in) He lamp is used to examine thin metal films.
6D30.65oil filmO-7dThe thickness of a film of oil on a pan of water that can be varied by sliding an iron bar across the surface makes an excellent variable interference filter.
6D30.70microwave thin film interference33-7.13Sow interference by transmission and reflection with two ground glass sheets, one stationary and the other movable on an optical bench.

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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