Re: [Phys-l] Rubens Tube

["Harris, Bryan" <HarrisB@fccps.org>]

Thanks for the links, they're a huge help.  Also, I covered the PVC with aluminum foil which helped with the melting, although I have to rebore the holes after every few demos.

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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu on behalf of Bernard Cleyet
Sent: Thu 4/10/2008 7:45 PM
To: Forum for Physics Educators
Cc: Nancy Seese
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Rubens Tube



And it didn't melt?

bc suggest asking the tap-l people;  they evidently all have one.

Archive:

http://lists.ncsu.edu/cgi-bin/digest?list=tap-l&archive=tap-l.
200803&Submit=Show+Archive


p.s. The history and detailed construction of his* tube:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubens'_Tube





* Heinrich Rubens

On 2008, Apr 10, , at 03:27, Harris, Bryan wrote:
> This year I attempted to put together a Ruben's tube with a pvc pipe.
> It worked ok, but I feel like it could be better since I couldn't find
> any specifications on ideal hole size, hole spacing, tube diameter or
> tube length.  Has anyone made a particularly successful one that would
> be willing to share their spec's with me?
>
> Bryan C Harris
> George Mason High School
> Science Department Chair
> SCA Co-Advisor
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