F2080 Demonstration experiments for the basic course of physics

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Hoder, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Pavel Konečný, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Pavel Konečný, CSc.
Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Pavel Konečný, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to: better understand rudiments of mechanics and molecular physics thermodynamics electricity and magnetism and perform simple teaching experiments.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to: better understand rudiments of mechanics and molecular physics thermodynamics electricity and magnetism and perform simple teaching experiments.
Syllabus
  • How does a cat land on its legs when dropped?
  • Temperature measurements.
  • Compression and expansion of a gas; gas flow; gas spring;
  • Thermodynamics of rubber elasticity; why is rubber in many ways analogous to the gas? Elasticity of metal
  • Energy storage; an electrolytic evolution of hydrogen and its efficiency.
  • Hydrogen solubility in metals; diffusion; transfusion.
  • Kundt's tube Rubens' tube; Lecher wire.
  • Simple experiment that shows the oxygen content of the atmosphere. Analysis well known experiment with candle floats on water level under glass cover.
  • Flame in a very low pressure. The inverse flame.
  • Diamagnetism; paramagnetism; paramagnetism of the liquid oxygen; paramagnetism of rare earth; ferromagnetism; coercive field; remanent magnetization; Curie temperature; permanent magnets; rare earth permanent magnets; Permanent magnet field strength.
  • Feynman inverse sprinkler.
Literature
  • HALLIDAY, David, Robert RESNICK and Jearl WALKER. Fyzika (Physics). 1st ed. Brno, Praha: Vutium, Prometheus, 2001. ISBN 80-214-1868-0. info
  • FEYNMAN, Richard Phillips, Robert B. LEIGHTON and Matthew L. SANDS. Feynmanove prednášky z fyziky. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, 1985, 493 s. info
  • FEYNMAN, Richard Phillips, Robert B. LEIGHTON and Matthew L. SANDS. Feynmanove prednášky z fyziky. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, 1980, 451 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture-Demonstration,
Assessment methods
colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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