Class Room Demos
The demos are available for anyone at NDSU.
Thermodynamics
- Heat pump
- Kinetic gas theory model
- Ideal gas law demo (a very simple one, or PC based versions)
- Mini steam engine(s)
- Adiabatic gas expansion
- Carnot cycle (in preparation)
- Entropy demo (simple and self made)
Thermodynamics / Electro Chemistry
- H2/O2 fuel cell, single element
- H2/O2 fuel cell, complete set up with solar cells
- Direct methanol fuel cell
- Fuel cell cars
- Fuel cell disassembled
Quantum Mechanics (demos & Pchem lab class experiments)
- Magnetic pendulum
- Traditional version of the photo effect experiment using a zinc plate and measuring the photo electron current
- Diffraction gratings experiment, hydrogen spectra, etc.
- Mechanical gyroscopes (NMR)
- Photo effect experiment, estimating Planck's constant by means of LEDs
- Quantum dots (in preparation)
Nano Science / Vacuum Science
- Vacuum experiment (home build): pressure dependence of the boiling point of liquids.
- Portable Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
- Atmospheric pressure demonstrator
- "Magdeburg plates"
- Bell jar (vacuum) demo
Software
- Monte Carlo simulation (stochastic simulations)
- Kinetics software demos
- Some commercial programs, free software (CNT modeler, LEED pattern, etc.)