- 5D10. Resistance Characteristics
- 5D10.20 Characteristic Resistance Board with two different diameter wires. Measure resistance or drive a small current and measure the voltage.
- 5D10.30 Human Resistance Measure your own resistance by holding the probes of a multimeter.
- 5D10.40 Resistance Model Ball bearings are rolled down an inclined bed of nail to simulate current flow in a wire.
- 5D10.60 Burn a Resistor Voltage is increase slowly through a resistor until it bursts into flames to illustrate the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in simple DC circuits.
- 5D20. Resistivity and Temperature
- 5D20.60 Conduction in Glass Make glass conduct electricity
- 5D30. Conduction in Solutions
- 5D30.10 Conductivity of Solutions Two electrodes in series with a lamp are dipped into different solutions.
- 5D40. Conduction in Gases
- 5D40.10 Jacob’s Ladder An impressive demonstration of electric discharge through a gas.
- 5D40.50 Neon Lamp Resistivity Show turn on and turn off voltages of a neon lamp
Wesleyan University Dept. of Physics
