| DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
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| 6A44.00 | Total Internal Reflection | | |
| 6A44.10 | blackboard optics | PIRA 200 | Multiple beams of light pass through large scale optical elements. |
| 6A44.11 | optical disk with prism, semicircle | PIRA 1000 | |
| 6A44.11 | optical disk with prism, semicircle | 6A44.11 | A single beam of light on the optical disk shows total internal reflection when passed through a prism. |
| 6A44.11 | semicircular element on disc | 34-1.6 | A beam of light entering a semicircular glass disc normal to the curved surface is reflected off the flat side. |
| 6A44.20 | big plastic refraction tank | PIRA 500 | |
| 6A44.20 | critical angle in refraction tank | Oe-1 | A beam in a tank of water is rotated until there is total internal reflection at the surface. |
| 6A44.20 | refraction tank | L-35 | Adjust the path of a beam with mirrors in a tank of water with fluorescein. to show total internal reflection. |
| 6A44.20 | critical angle/ total internal refle | Disc 22-11 | Shine
a beam through the side of a tank containing fluorescein. Rotate a mirror
in the tank so the beam passes through the critical angle. |
| 6A44.22 | big plastic refraction tank | 6A44.22 | |
| 6A44.25 | Snell's wheel | PIRA 1000 | |
| 6A44.30 | ripple tank total int. ref. | PIRA 1000 | |
| 6A44.30 | ripple tank total reflection | AJP 45(6),550 | Vary the angle of incidence of ripple tank waves to a boundary with water depths of 13 and 3 mm. |
| 6A44.35 | frust. tot. int. ref. | ref. | see 7A50.12 |
| 6A44.40 | laser and fiber optics | PIRA 200 | Shine a laser into a curved plastic rod. |
| 6A44.40 | laser and fiber optics | 6A44.40 | A laser is used with a bundle of fiber optics, a curled plexiglass rod, and a 1" square lean rod. |
| 6A44.40 | light pipe | Oe-7 | Light is projected down a clear plexiglass spiral. |
| 6A44.40 | curved glass tube | L-34 | Shine a bright light source through a curved glass tube. |
| 6A44.40 | light pipes | O-2e | Several light pipes and fiber optics are shown. |
| 6A44.40 | light pipes | Disc 22-13 | Shine a laser into a curved plastic rod. |
| 6A44.41 | optical path in fibers | PIRA 1000 | |
| 6A44.41 | optical path in fibers | Disc 22-14 | Shine a laser down a bent rectangular bar. |
| 6A44.42 | steal the signal | PIRA 1000 | |
| 6A44.42 | steal the signal | 6A44.42 | |
| 6A44.43 | bounce around a tube | AJP 53(2),182 | A laser beam bounces around a thick walled plexiglass tube due to total internal reflection. |
| 6A44.45 | water stream and light pipe | PIRA 1000 | |
| 6A44.45 | water stream light pipe | AJP 44(6),604 | Shine a laser beam down the water stream issuing from the orifice of a plexiglass tank of water. |
| 6A44.45 | illuminated fountain | L-36 | Shine a light down a stream of water. |
| 6A44.45 | laser waterfall | Disc 22-15 | Shine a laser down the center of a nozzle and it follows the water stream. |
| 6A44.50 | light below surface | PIRA 200 | An underwater light illuminates powder on the surface of water to form a central spot of light. |
| 6A44.50 | ring of light | 6A44.50 | Same as Oe-2. |
| 6A44.50 | light below surface | Oe-2 | An underwater light illuminates powder on the surface of water to form a central spot of light. |
| 6A44.51 | ring of light index of refraction | AJP 51(5),469 | Find
the index of refraction of transparent plates by wetting a filter paper on
one side, shining the laser in that side, and measuring the diameter of the
light circle. |
| 6A44.52 | ring of darkness | AJP 49(8),794 | Shine a laser through a sample to a white diffusely reflecting surface and measure the darkened circle on the top surface. |
| 6A44.53 | water/benzol surface | Oe-5 | Total internal reflection from a water/benzol surface. |
| 6A44.54 | hidden mercury in a test tube | Oe-4 | Mercury in a partially filled test tube cannot be seen from above when immersed in water. |
| 6A44.54 | total internal and metallic reflect | L-40 | View
a test tube half full of mercury half in water from an angle of 100 degrees
to the incident beam. The glass-air interface is brighter. |
| 6A44.55 | black ball turns silver | PIRA 1000 | |
| 6A44.55 | black ball turns silver | Oe-3 | A soot covered ball appears silver under water due to reflected light from air trapped on the surface of the ball. |
| 6A44.55 | soot ball | L-39 | A ball covered with soot appears silvery in water due to the air trapped on the soot forming an air water interface. |
| 6A44.55 | silver soot ball | Disc 22-12 | A ball coated with soot appears silver in water. |
| 6A44.56 | glass-air interface | L-37 | Two thin
strips of glass are sealed with an air barrier and immersed in water. Turned
to the proper angle to the incident beam it will exhibit total internal reflection. |
| 6A44.56 | near critical angle | L-38 | Use the
entrapped air slide in a water bath or air between right angle prisms to
show the colors of the transmitted and reflected light near the critical
angle. Dispersing the two beams will show complementary spectra. |
| 6A44.59 | add water to snow | Oe-6 | Project light through snow or chopped ice and add water. |
| 6A44.60 | diamond | L-41 | A thin beam of light is directed on a diamond and the reflections are projected onto a cardboard. |
| 6A44.65 | inversion with a right angle prism | Of-2 | Project an image upside down and place a right angle prism in the beam to invert the image. |
| 6A44.65 | right angle prism inverter | Ob-7 | A right angle prism placed in a projected beam inverts the image. |
| 6A44.66 | right angle prism - double reflectio | Of-3 | A beam entering the hypotenuse of a right angle prism is inverted and reversed. |
| 6A44.67 | two right angle prisms - inversion | Of-4 | Two right angle prisms are arranged to invert and pervert the image. |
| 6A44.68 | prisms | O-2d | Several prisms demonstrate total internal reflection. |
| 6A44.70 | Goos-Haenchen shift | AJP 59(5),477 | The sideways displacement of a beam at total internal reflection is shown with 3 cm microwaves. |