View Order

Fluid Mechanics

Go back.

2B 20.40 - Pascal's Principle Tubes

Demonstrates: Properties of fluids.
Description: Water rises to the same level in all tubes.

2B 30.10 - Crush the Can

Demonstrates: Atmospheric pressure.
Description: Fill a can with boiling water and cap tightly then watch as the can collapses as the water cools.

2B 30.30 - Magdeburg Sphere

Demonstrates: How air pressure, or lack thereof, can affect objects.
Description: 2 small hemispheres.

2B 30.50 - Boyle's Law Apparatus

Demonstrates: Change in volume creates a change in pressure.
Description: A glass syringe is attached to an absolute-pressure gauge. Also comes with a copper sphere.

2B 40.20 - Archimedes Principle

Demonstrates: Water diplaced is equal to the volume of the object displacing the water
Description: Water is displaced by a mass and spilled into a tray which will fill a cup that the mass fits in.

2B 40.30 - Cartesian Diver

Demonstrates: Water Pressure
Description: Floating and sinking demonstration (Cartesian diver). The tube is filled with water and air. When pressing the bottle, the additional water enters the test tube, thus increasing the average density of the system tube-water-air, resulting with negative buoyancy and the tube sinks.

2B 40.40 - Density Tube

Demonstrates: Differences in densities.
Description: Fluids of two different densities in the same tube can be mixed together then they separate again.

2B 40.45 - Hot Air Balloon

Demonstrates: Buoyancy
Description: Large hot air balloon