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Code Number: 3B10.20

Demo Title: Wave Demo - Slinky

Condition: Excellent

Principle: Wave Motion

Area of Study: Oscillations & Acoustics, E & M

Equipment: 

Slinky.

Procedure:

Attach spring to lecture bench and stretch to desired length.

References:

  • Philip Gash, "A Slinky’s Elastic Potential Energy", TPT, Vol. 58, #3, Mar. 2020, p. 198. 
  • Thomas Greenslade Jr., "In Praise of the Slinky", TPT, Vol. 56, #3, Mar. 2018, p. 131.
  • Philip Gash, "Let Students Discover an Important Physical Property of a Slinky", TPT, Vol. 54, #7, Oct. 2016, p. 431.
  • David S. Abbott, "Wavelength, Frequency, and Constant Speed Buggies", TPT, Vol. 53, #8, Nov. 2015, p. 502.
  • Terrence P. Toepker, "Center of Mass of a Suspended Slinky: An Experiment", TPT, Vol. 42, #1, Jan 2004, p. 16.
  • Lawrence Ruby, "Slinky Models", TPT, Vol. 40, #6, Sept. 2002, p. 324.
  • Mikolaj “Mik” Sawicki, "Static Elongation of a Suspended Slinky™", TPT, Vol. 40, #5, May 2002, p. 276.
  • A. P. French, "French Responds", TPT, Vol. 32, #6, Sept. 1994, p. 328.
  • Jerome W. Hosken, "A Slinky Error", TPT, Vol. 32, #6, Sept. 1994, p. 327.
  • P. J. Ouseph and Thomas Poothackanal, "Longitudinal and Transverse Waves in a Spring", TPT, Vol. 32, #5, May 1994, p. 285.
  • A. P. French, "The Suspended Slinky—A Problem in Static Equilibrium", TPT, Vol. 32, #4, Apr. 1994, p. 244.
  • Joe Pizzo, "A Longitudinal Wave Machine", TPT, Vol. 27, #1, Jan. 1989, p. 54.
  • "A New Slinky", TPT, Vol. 25, #2, Feb. 1987, p. 116.
  • D. F. Kirwan and J. Willis, "A Slinky with Vertical Mounting", TPT, Vol. 17, #7, Oct. 1979, p. 471.
  • Al-Ping Hu, "A Simple Model of a Slinky Walking Down Stairs", AJP, Vol. 78, #1, Jan. 2010, p. 35.
  • S. Y. Mak, "The Static Effectiveness Mass of a SlinkyTM", AJP, Vol. 55, #11, Nov. 1987, p. 994.
  • Frank S. Crawford, "Erratum: 'Slinky Whistlers' [Am. J. Phys. 55, 130 (1987)]", AJP, Vol. 55, #10, Oct. 1987, p. 952.
  • Frank S. Crawford, "Slinky Whistlers", AJP, Vol. 55, #2, Feb. 1987, p. 130.
  • C. T. Tindle, "Pressure and Displacement in Sound Waves", AJP, Vol. 54, #8, Aug. 1986, p. 749.
  • C. T. Tindle, "Phase of a Reflected Acoustic Wave", AJP, Vol. 52, #9, Sep. 1984, p. 854.
  • Jeffrey M. Bowen, "Slinky Oscillations and the Notion of Effective Mass", AJP, Vol. 50, #12, Dec. 1982, p. 1145.
  • G. D. Freier and F. J. Anderson, "Sa-14", A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.
  • G. D. Freier and F. J. Anderson, "Sa-12", A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.
  • Pat Murphy, Ellen Macaulay, and the Staff of the Exploratorium, "How Sound Travels", Exploratopia, p. 347.
  • "Toy Origins", Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, p. 169.
  • "It's Slinky", Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, p. 247.
  • Borislaw Bilash II and David Maiullo, "Types of Waves", A Demo a Day: A Year of Physics Demonstrations, p. 204.
  • Jearl Walker, "3.78. Slinky Whistlers", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 176.
  • Jearl Walker, "1.65. A Slinky", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 32.
  • Ed Sobey and Woody Sobey, "Slinky", The Way Toys Work, p. 128.
  • "Slinky Science", Engineers Week, Feb. 17, 2008.
  • Paul Doherty "Slinky in-Hand", Scientific Explorations with Paul Doherty, May 1999.
  • Christopher P. Jargodzki and Franklin Potter, "160. Slinky Sound Off!", Mad About Physics, p. 60, 204.
  • Janice VanCleave, "Waves", Earth Science for Every Kid - 101 Easy Experiments That Really Work, p. 188 - 189.
  • Janice VanCleave, "Waves", Physics for Every Kid - 101 Easy Experiments in Motion, Heat, Light, Machines, and Sound,  p. 178 - 179.
  • Jeanne Marie Laskas, "The Lady Behind the Slinky", Reader's Digest, Nov. 1993, p. 77.
  • Lou Harry, "It's Slinky!", Running Press.
  • Robert Ehrlich, "Static Equilibrium of a Suspended Slinky", Why Toast Lands Jelly-Side Down, p. 53 - 54.
  • Robert Ehrlich, "J.1. Waves Along a Spring or Rubber Hose", Turning the World Inside Out and 174 Other Simple Physics Demonstrations, p. 126.
  • "Slinky - The Spring That Captured the Hearts of Millions", Des Moines Register, Sunday, Feb. 19, 1996.
  • Joey Green, "Slinky Race", The Mad Scientist Handbook, Vol. 2, p. 89.
  • Brandon Specktor, "Toys That Weren't Meant to Be Toys", Readers Digest, Sept. 2015, p. 134 - 135.
  • Sara Stein, "The Short Life of a Sound", The Science Book, p. 176.
  • The Book of Unusual Knowledge, Publications International, Ltd., "8 Things Invented or Discovered by Accident", Chapter 15, p. 450.
Slinky Physics
3b10.20 - slinky physics.pdf