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Forces on a hinged beam Java Applet

String tension, weight of suspended sphere and beam and reaction force of the wall on the beam are shown in different colours and can be varied

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http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp//kap8/beam/beam.htm

The NIST Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) Facility

The home page of the NIST Electron Beam Ion Trap Project (EBIT). The site describes the operation principles and information about the various research programs.

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http://physics.nist.gov/MajResFac/EBIT/ebit.html

Colours

This Java applet shows the mixing of light beams and paint pigments.

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http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/~hwang/image/rgbColor.html

National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory

Uses of radioactive beams generated by the cyclotron are given, as is a point and click diagram of the NSCL facility which gives further information. A graph showing Isotopes made is provided.

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http://www.nscl.msu.edu

Explorescience: See-Saw Torque

Balancing a beam by applying various loads in different places . Could be used to verify Principle of Moments. Subscription required but with 30 day free trial.

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http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=41

Otto Stern (1888 - 1969) worked in many fields from: theoretical physics, especially that of statistical thermodynamics and quantum theory to the investigations of the properties of molecules, atoms ...

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http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1943/stern-bio.html

Polarization of light

This wave diagram shows the effect of rotating two polarizers on an incident beam of white light. Includes a thorough description.

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http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/polarizedlight/filters/index.html

$Prism refraction$

Prism refraction

This colourful ray diagram shows the dispersion of white light by an equilateral triangle prism. The angle of incidence and width of beam are variable. The explanation is very brief.

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http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/prism/index.html

Fabrey-Perot Interferometer

This interferometer makes use of multiple reflections between two closely spaced partially silvered surfaces. Part of the light is transmitted each time the light reaches the second surface, ...

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/fabry.html

Sir George Paget Thomson

Sir George Paget Thomson (1891 - 1975) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1937 along with Clinton Joseph Davisson for their discovery of the interference phenomena arising when crystals are ...

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http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1937/thomson-bio.html

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