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Avantor offers a complete catalog of instruments and tools useful for demonstrating key, basic concepts of physics that are applicable to everyday life both in and out of the laboratory. Demonstrate core ideas such as acceleration down a plane, friction, potential and kinetic energy, electrical conductivity, magnetic fields, wavelengths and velocity of sound, and more. Durable educational materials are designed for heavy use with consistent levels of handling, and all models are easy to use.
Ray Box
Supplier: Wards
This Ray Box is a simple, safe, and sturdy source of projected light for many classic optics experiments. Best of all, you don't need a completely dark room to conduct optic experiments due to its high-intensity light!
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American Scientific Unmounted Spherical Bi-Concave Lens
Supplier: American Scientific
Used for reducing the image size or spreading light out.
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Refraction Tank Kit
Supplier: GSC International
Students can measure and study refraction of light.
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Educational Diffraction Slide
Supplier: Wards
Demonstrates the principle of diffraction grating.
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Eisco Premium Glass Double Convex Lenses
Supplier: Wards
Premium line of glass lenses designed specifically for Universities.
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Vernier® Optics Expansion Kit
Supplier: Vernier Software & Technology
Conduct optics experiments.
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Hollow Acrylic Cube
Supplier: Wards
Designed to study and demonstrate Snell's Law of Refraction.
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Klinger Laser Boxes
Supplier: Klinger
Perform many different lessons around reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference.
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United Scientific™ Demonstration Lens Set
Supplier: United Scientific Supplies
Introductory lens set for optics experiments.
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Modeling Clay
Supplier: DIXON TICONDEROGA COMPANY
Four individually wrapped colored sticks of easy-to-use Permoplast modeling clay can come in handy when doing setups for an optical bench. Each stick of clay weighs 0.25 lbs. Colors include red, yellow, blue, and green.
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United Scientific™ Demonstration Lens Set, Acrylic
Supplier: United Scientific Supplies
Convenient lens set for optical experiments.
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Vernier® Optics Expansion Kit
Supplier: Vernier Software & Technology
Add the Vernier Optics Expansion Kit to your Vernier Dynamics System to conduct optics experiments, such as image formation with lenses and light intensity vs. distance. You can even use the kit to build a basic telescope.
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Demo Diffraction Grating
Supplier: United Scientific Supplies
Convenient diffraction grating with three different spacings
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Replacement Accesssories for Spectra of the Elements Kit
Supplier: The Science Source
The replacement chemicals kit contains 5g each of calcium chloride, cupric chloride, cupric nitrate, lithium chloride, potassium chloride, potassium nitrate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, strontium chloride and strontium nitrate.
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Color Filter Paddles
Supplier: RAINBOW SYMPHONY INC SE
Lessons in Optics and Light in the Palm of Your Hand Colorfully illustrate additive and subtractive color mixing, color transmission, absorption and filtering of the different wavelengths of light with this set of primary and secondary color mixing paddles. You can also use the diffraction gratings in this set to view spectra from different light sources. Show students how a spectroscope, colored lights, and even polarized sunglasses work with the contents of this set.
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Laser Diode for Debye-Sears Effect, 3B Scientific
Supplier: American 3B Scientific
Laser diode of protection classification II with 1 m connector lead and barrel connector for connecting ultrasonic cw generator.
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3B Scientific® Inverting Spectacles
Supplier: American 3B Scientific
Inverting spectacles complete with two fully rotating inverting prisms in a shielded spectacle frame.
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United Scientific™ Lumi Rod (Light Pipe)
Supplier: United Scientific Supplies
Demonstrate the internal reflection of a laser.
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Power Pack
Supplier: Wards
Low voltage power supply that can be used as a battery eliminator.
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Newton's Ring Apparatus, United Scientific
Supplier: United Scientific Supplies
The Newton’s Rings Apparatus consists of a plano-convex lens on top of a flat glass plate, held together by a plastic frame.
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LED Stroboscope, United Scientific
Supplier: United Scientific Supplies
Hand-held stroboscope with 30W super-LED delivers bright flashes at adjustable rates from 1 to 250 Hz.
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Ray Box
Supplier: Wards
This ray box is ideal for optical demonstrations in the classroom.
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Vernier Diffraction Apparatus
Supplier: Vernier Software & Technology
Map light intensity vs. position for various slit geometries.
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Basic Spectroscope
Supplier: United Scientific Supplies
Hand-held spectroscope shows the component wavelengths of light.
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Potassium Bromide Crystal Optic Disc
Supplier: BeanTown Chemical
Form: Crystalline
Signal word: Danger
GHS symbol: GHS06
EC Number: 231-830-3
Melting point/Melting range: 734 °C (1353.2 °F)
Boiling point/Boiling range: 1.435 °C (34.635 °F)
Density at 20 °C (68 °F): 2.75 g/cm³ (22.94875 lbs/gal)
Solids content: 100.0%
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United Scientific™ Spectrum Tube
Supplier: United Scientific Supplies
Investigate the spectral pattern of different gases.
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Color Mixing Demonstrator
Supplier: Wards
Color Mixing apparatus - 3 LED Lamps that project Red, Blue, Green light.
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Sodium Chloride Crystal Optic Disc
Supplier: BeanTown Chemical
EC Number: 231-598-3
Solubility in/Miscibility with water at 20 °C (68 °F): 358 g/L
Density at 20 °C (68 °F): 2.165 g/cm³ (18.06693 lbs./gal)
Melting point/Melting range: 801 °C (1473.8 °F)
Boiling point/Boiling range: 1,413 °C (34.513 °F)
Form: Crystalline
pH-value: 6 to 9
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Hydrogen and Helium Spectrum Tube
Supplier: United Scientific Supplies
Illustrate how spectral patterns can be analyzed from a combination of gases.
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Solubility and Statbility Screen 2, Hampton Research
Supplier: HAMPTON RESEARCH MS
Solubility and stability screen 2 is designed to assist in the identification of optimal buffer, pH and ionic strength formulations that promote protein solubility and stability, sample buffer optimization for crystallization, cryo-electron microscopy, and NMR.