Name: Complete Wave Motion Demonstrator
Brand: PASCO
SKU: SE-9600
Price: 1025.0 USD

Allow mechanical waves to be created to demonstrate the behavior and properties common to many types of waves.

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Product Summary

The PASCO Complete Wave Motion Demonstrator allows mechanical waves to be created to demonstrate the behavior and properties common to many types of waves.

Features

2.3 Meters Long: Plenty of room to watch the wave develop and interact.
Three Wave Sections: Each section has rods of different lengths, allowing reflection and transmission demonstrations.
Section 1 is 92 cm long with 46 cm rods.
Section 2 is 92 cm long with 23 cm rods. The resulting wave velocity is three times as fast.
Section 3 is 46 cm long with rods that vary exponentially from 46 cm to 23 cm. This section acts as an impedance-matching unit.
Yellow Rod Tips: For easy viewing and to highlight the wave motion.

Demonstrate

Velocity in Different Media
Wavelength versus Velocity and Frequency
Reflection at Fixed and Free Boundaries
Constructive and Destructive Interference
Standing Waves and Resonance
Reflection and Transmission at Media Boundaries
Wave Propagation

How It Works

A series of steel rods is attached at their centers to a torsion wire. When a rod is displaced and released, a wave propagates along the rod. Velocity depends on the torsion constant of the wire and the moment of inertia of the rods.