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Ripple tank

Interactions
  • drag a dipper along the bar: the spacing changes, and with it the number of nodal lines
  • click the bar or the control box: the motor steps its frequency and the new wavelength spreads out from the dippers
  • click the water: a pebble drops; one ring spreads through the pattern, reflects weakly off the walls and dies
  • click the slotted barrier: it slides in, the bar becomes a paddle, and the two slits make Young's fringes
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