College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
6A44.10 - Blackboard Optics - Total Internal Reflection
Video Credit: Jonathan M. Sullivan-Wood
The blackboard optics unit is pretty self explanatory, however there is a pamphlet on its use with the unit and in the file. Do Not run the power supply for the light bulb over 12 volts.
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- Mario Branca and Isabella Soletta, "Construction of Optical Elements with Gelatin", TPT, Vol. 41, # 4, Apr. 2003, p. 249.
- B.F. Melton, "A Surprising Demonstration of Total Internal Reflection", TPT, Vol. 29, #8, Nov. 1991, p. 539.
- Arthur Guertin and Douglas Giancoli, "What Causes Total Internal Reflection?", TPT, Vol. 21, #8, Nov. 1983, p. 539.
- Mark Davids, et al., "Finding the Critical Angle", Teaching about Lightwave Communications, 1994, p. 3 - 18.
- Jearl Walker, "6.138, Disappearing Coin", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 300.
- Jearl Walker, "6.94, Diamonds", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 279.
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