PIRA 9B60.00 LIGHT SOURCES

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
9B60.00Light Sources
9B60.10eosin misterPIRA 1000
9B60.10large arc lamp34-2.6Use a movie theater arc lamp.
9B60.20cool-beam projection systemAJP 33(9),xiiThe GE PAR 56/2NSP cool beam lamp has a dichroic reflector and 6 1/2" diameter.
9B60.20projection system34-2.7Add for the 300W GE PAR 56/2NSP narrow spot cool beam Lamp. Picture.
9B60.22pinliteAJP 29(7),iii1/64" dia x 1/16" incandescent lamp from Kay Electric Company.
9B60.22point source of light34-2.2Add for the Osram HBO-109 high pressure mercury vapor lamp.
9B60.23LED point sourceAJP 48(5),418Cut the lens off an LED and use as a point source for generating a columinated light beam.
9B60.23LED point sourceAJP 45(1),106Use an LED in inverse square law experiments.
9B60.25crossed gratings diverging beamsAJP 54(10),952Use a laser and crossed gratings to generate a pattern of diverging beams, collimated if needed, for optics demonstrations in a smoke box.
9B60.26single grating - parallel beamsAJP 49(1),91Pass a laser beam through a grating, then collimate the diverging beams with a lens to obtain parallel beams for optics demonstrations.
9B60.30strobe for hall displaysAJP 33(6),vA circuit to vary the rate of a neon strobe.
9B60.30motion study stroboscope7-2.5Fan blades chop a beam from a masked lamp. Diagram.
9B60.50incandesent lampsL-2Line filaments, point sources, photofloods, 7/16" brass tube lamp holder.
9B60.55straight line filament lampsAJP 29(3),xxviChicago Miniature Lamp Works makes three way spring suspension lamps that retain straight axial filament position.
9B60.55straight line filament34-2.5A standard showcase lamp is a good line source.
9B60.59ripple free sourcesAJP 39(4),454After starting, switch spectral sources to DC from batteries.
9B60.60sodium and mercury vapor lampsL-4Sodium vapor lamp was new in the thirties, Mercury has UV, reference for constructing other glass lamps: Rev.Sci.Inst.,3,7,1932.
9B60.61sodium lampsAJP 52(8),762The Norelco SOX-35 and SOX-18 low pressure sodium lamps.
9B60.62sodium street lampsAJP 44(12),1227The GE Lucalux LU250/BD lamp.
9B60.62sodium sourceAJP 47(2),197Low pressure sodium street lamps are discussed. Neon carrier, increased brightness, broader lines.
9B60.63cesium vapor lampAJP 28(9),ixThe Westinghouse CL-2 lamp has two strong lines at 8521 and 8944 A. Can be modulated at 10 KHz.
9B60.65mercury sourceAJP 29(6),371Use a small germicidal ozone lamp in series with a ballast.
9B60.65monochromatic mercury sourceAJP 43(10),927Use a medium pressure Hg arc (GE H-100-A4/t3) lamp and an interference filter.
9B60.65hydrogen lampAJP 29(12),856Review of the Hassler hydrogen lamp.
9B60.65atomic hydrogen lampAJP 28(6),xiAnnouncement of the Hassler 75w 500 hr. Balmer series lamp.
9B60.65Hg point sourceAJP 28(6),xiAnnouncement of the Osram HBO-109 high pressure mercury arc lamp.
9B60.65mercury arcTPT 2(6),281Directions for making a mercury arc that runs off 110 V DC.
9B60.66electrodeless discharge tubesAJP 35(11),ixExcite electrodeless discharge tubes with a microwave generator.
9B60.67improves gas discharge tubeAJP 36(2),xA procedure for making fluorescent screens for discharge tubes.
9B60.68Fe-Ne sourceAJP 43(12),1111The Westinghouse WL-22810A Fe-Ne lamp is a good standard wavelength source for spectroscopy.
9B60.69blackbody sourceAJP 30(2),127Apparatus Drawings Project No. 24: A platinum wedge that can be used a blackbody or non-blackbody source. Temperatures to 1500 K.
9B60.70glow lampsL-3Glow lamps with standard medium base are used as polarity indicators on direct current, dim strobe flashers at twice AC frequency. Argon lamp has some UV.
9B60.80strobe flashtubeAJP 28(6),xiiInexpensive GE FT-30 flashtube is suitable for stroboscopic operation.
9B60.80blinky calibrationAJP 43(8),747Calibrate a blinky with a photocell to scaler.
9B60.90optical bench sourceAJP 29(11),787A Nite Lite makes an inexpensive extended optical bench source.
9B60.99resource letter of radiometryAJP 38(1),43A resource letter reprinted from "Journal of the Optical Society of America" lists general references.

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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