6A20.45 - Mirrors - Concave, Convex, Large Parabolic, & Store Mirror

Code Number:
6A20.45
Demo Title:
Mirrors - Concave, Convex, Large Parabolic, & Store Mirror
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.
  • James H. Andrews, "More Mirror Calculations", TPT, Vol. 41, #4, April 2003, p. 196.
  • Sam Lightner, "Which Mirror?", TPT, Vol. 41, #4, April 2003, p. 196.
  • 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.
  • George M. Hopkins, "Light", Experimental Science, p. 210.
  • 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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