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Code Number: 6A42.53
Demo Title: Blackboard Optics - Prism
Condition: Excellent
Principle: Refraction & Dispersion
Area of Study: Optics
Equipment: Blackboard Optics kit 12 VDC power supply, Dry Erase Blackboard on wheels
Procedure:
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.
References:
- Sanjoy Kumar Pal, Pradipta Panchadhyayee, "The impact of prism angle on minimum deviation: A smart-phone-based analysis", Vol. 63, #5, May 2025, p. 380.
- Terry Scott, "A Demonstration of Total Internal Reflection", TPT, Vol. 18, # 2, Feb. 1980, p. 146.
- O-205: "Giant Acrylic Prism with Laser", DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.
- Harvard Instructional Physics Labs, "Geometrical Optics; Refraction and Dispersion".
- Robert P. Crease, "Experimentum Crucis: Newton's Decomposition of Sunlight with Prisms", The Prism & The Pendulum, Ch. 4, p. 58 - 76.