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PHYSLET ANIMATIONS FOR INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS 

Projectile Motion

• Horizontal and vertical velocity components of projectile motion.
• Projectile motion motion seen in horizontal and vertical dimensions.
• Range of a projectile
• Shooting the monkey

Thermodynamics

• Molecular motion
• Molecular piston -- Pressure vs. Volume

Vibrations & Waves

• Pendulum
• Mass on a spring 
• Mass on spring (with graph)
• Transverse Wave created by several masses and springs.
• Longitudinal Wave created by several masses and springs.
• Superposition of Pulses
• Standing Waves
• Beats
• Sound Wave
• Doppler Effect

Geometrical Optics

• Plane Reflection
• Concave Mirror (Reflection of parallel rays)
• Concave Mirror (Image formation)
• Convex Mirror (Reflection of parallel rays)
• Convex Mirror (Image formation)
• Refraction through a glass slab
• Total Internal Reflection
• Convex Lens (Reflection of parallel rays)
• Convex Lens (Image formation)
• Concave Lens (Reflection of parallel rays)
• Concave Lens (Image formation)
• Virtual Optics Bench
• More Optics

Wave Optics

• Double Slit Interference
   

• Single Slit

• Double Slit

• Double Slit II
   

• Polarization

Optical Instruments

• Virtual  Miscroscopy

Electrostatics

• Forces between charges
• Electric Field due to Single Charge.
• Electric Field due to a Pair of Charges.
• Electric Field through Conductors & Insulators.
• Equipotential Curves due to a Single Charge.
• Equipotential Curves due to a Pair of Charges.
• Electric Field through Conductors & Insulators
• Capacitor

Magnetic Fields

• Magnetic field due to a single bar magnet.
• Magnetic field due to a pair of bar magnets.
• Magnetic field due to a current carrying wire.
• Magnetic field due to a pair of current carrying wires.
• Force on a current carrying wire in a magnetic field.

Atoms & Spectra

• Emission Spectroscopy (You may be prompted  for Macromedia Flash Plug-in)

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