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Physics 104 Setup Details:
Spherical Mirrors & Index of Refraction
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Room setup

Stuff from Lens Optics kit: Pasco light source, power brick, trapezoidal acrylic prism
Other stuff: multi-curved mirror, metal plate, printer paper, flash lights

The curved mirror has a magnet on the underside (left)
attached to a bolt that protrudes through the top (right)

The mirror in action
Spherical Mirrors
Mirrors for pre-lab demo (L-R):
Makeup mirror (plane & shallow concave); large spherical (concave);
small spherical (concave & convex)
Spherical Mirrors
The wavy light-pipe and fiber optic bundle are used for demos,
not the helical light pipe

Old Stuff: Pasco light source & power brick, multi-curved spherical mirror,
90o glass prism, metal plate

 

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