Demonstrations

Mirrors - Concave, Convex, Large Parabolic, & Store Mirror

Code Number :	6A20.45
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Condition :	Excellent
Principle :	Spherical Mirrors
Area of Study :	Optics
Equipment :	Large parabolic mirror on stand, store mirror, 1/2 of the optic mirage demonstration.
Procedure :	Observe the images in the mirrors, and the focal point can also be calculated from the mirror curvatures.

References

Ariel R. Libertun, "Warning! Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear," TPT, Vol. 41, # 1, p. 20, (Jan. 2003).

James H. Andrews, "More Mirror Calculations", TPT, Vol. 41, # 4, p. 196, (April 2003).

Sam Lightner, "Which Mirror?", TPT, Vol. 41, # 4, p. 196, (April 2003).

"Editor's Note," TPT, Vol. 41, # 4, p. 196, (April 2003).

Hugo Graumann and Hans Laue, "Concave Liquid-Mirror Experiments," TPT, Vol. 36, # 1, p. 28, (Jan. 1998).

David Heiden, "Seeing the Light, an Alternative to Chalk Dust", TPT, Vol. 35, # 1, Feb. 1997, p. 94.

Gordon P. Ramsey, "Reflective Properties of a Parabolic Mirror", TPT, Vol. 29, # 4, Apr. 1991, p. 240.

Richard E. Berg, "Rotating Liquid Mirror," AJP, p. 280, Vol. 58, No. 3, (March 1990).

Fred M. Goldberg and Lillian C. McDermott, "An Investigation of Student Understanding of the Real Image Formed by a Converging Lens or Concave Mirror," AJP, 108, Vol. 55, No. 2, (February 1987).

O-150: "Diverging-Virtual Image Always," DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.

O-155: "Virtual or Real Image?" DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.

C. Harvey Palmer, "Experiment A12: The Figure of a Mirror," Optics - Experiments and Demonstrations, John Hopkins Press, 1962

"Spherical Mirrors", Selective Experiments in Physics, CENCO, 1962.

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