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Gibilisco, Stan. Electricity Experiments You Can Do At Home. US: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2010.

Electricity Experiments You Can Do At Home

Authors: Stan Gibilisco

Published:  May 2010

eISBN: 9780071621632 0071621636 | ISBN: 9780071621649
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part 1 Direct Current
  • DC1 Your Direct-Current Lab
  • DC2 Voltage Sources in Series
  • DC3 Current Sources in Series
  • DC4 A Simple Wet Cell
  • DC5 How “Electric” Are You?
  • DC6 Your Body Resistance
  • DC7 Resistances of Liquids
  • DC8 Ohm’s Law
  • DC9 Resistors in Series
  • DC10 Resistors in Parallel
  • DC11 Resistors in Series-Parallel
  • DC12 Kirchhoff’s Current Law
  • DC13 Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law
  • DC14 A Resistive Voltage Divider
  • DC15 A Diode-Based Voltage Reducer
  • DC16 Power as Volt-Amperes
  • DC17 Resistance as Volts per Ampere
  • DC18 “Identical” Lamps in Series
  • DC19 Dissimilar Lamps in Series
  • DC20 “Identical” Lamps in Parallel
  • DC21 Dissimilar Lamps in Parallel
  • DC22 A Compass-Based Galvanometer
  • DC23 Solar Module in Dim Light
  • DC24 Solar Module in Direct Sunlight
  • DC25 A Photovoltaic Illuminometer
  • Part 2 Alternating Current
  • AC1 Your Alternating-Current Lab
  • AC2 “Identical” Utility Bulbs in Series
  • AC3 Dissimilar Utility Bulbs in Series
  • AC4 A Simple Utility Bulb Saver
  • AC5 Galvanometer with AC
  • AC6 Galvanometer with Rectified AC
  • AC7 Ohm’s Law with Rectified AC
  • AC8 A Simple Ripple Filter
  • AC9 Rectifier and Battery
  • AC10 Rectifier/Filter and Battery
  • AC11 Rectifier and Battery under Load
  • AC12 Rectifier/Filter and Battery under Load
  • AC13 A Full-Wave Bridge Rectifier
  • AC14 A Filtered Full-Wave Power Supply
  • AC15 How Bleeders Work
  • AC16 A Zener-Diode Voltage Regulator
  • AC17 A Zener-Diode Voltage Reducer
  • AC18 An AC Spectrum Monitor
  • Part 3 Magnetism
  • MAG1 Your Magnetism Lab
  • MAG2 Test Metals for Ferromagnetism
  • MAG3 Compass Deflection versus Distance
  • MAG4 Magnetic Forces through Barriers
  • MAG5 Magnetic Declination
  • MAG6 “Magnetize” a Copper Wire
  • MAG7 Ampere’s Law with Straight Wire
  • MAG8 Ampere’s Law with Wire Loop
  • MAG9 Build a DC Electromagnet
  • MAG10 DC Electromagnet near Permanent Magnet
  • MAG11 DC Electromagnets near Each Other
  • MAG12 Build an AC Electromagnet
  • MAG13 AC Electromagnet near Permanent Magnet
  • MAG14 AC Electromagnet near DC Electromagnet
  • MAG15 AC Electromagnets near Each Other
  • MAG16 A Handheld Wind Turbine
  • Alternative Parts Suppliers
  • Suggested Additional Reading
  • Index
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