Physics Educational Materials
Avantor offers a complete catalog of instruments and tools useful for demonstrating key, basic concepts of physics that are applicable to everyday life both in and out of the laboratory. Demonstrate core ideas such as acceleration down a plane, friction, potential and kinetic energy, electrical conductivity, magnetic fields, wavelengths and velocity of sound, and more. Durable educational materials are designed for heavy use with consistent levels of handling, and all models are easy to use.
CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.14: Fluid Dynamics
Use Bernoulli’s Principle to predict the landing spot of a stream of water leaking from a bucket.
CENCO® AP Physics Lab 2.15: Investigating the Resonance of Air
Determine the speed of sound in air by investigating the resonance of a column of air.
CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.03: Accelerating Objects
Measure the acceleration due to gravity three different ways.
CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.02: Constant vs. Non-Constant Speed
Analyze the displacement of an object with constant velocity and an object that is accelerating.
CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.05: Determining the Coefficient of Friction
Measure the static and kinetic friction between two surfaces using direct and indirect methods.
CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.06: Exploring Circular Motion to Make Pigs Fly
Design and conduct an experiment that analyzes the motion of a conical pendulum.
CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.12: Harmonic Properties of a Mass-Spring System
Determine the spring constant of a spring using two methods.
CENCO® AP Physics Lab 2.05: Induction of Static Electric Charge
Explore charging by induction and discover how a Leyden jar stores electric charges.
CENCO® AP Physics Lab 2.03: Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Materials
Use a clever apparatus to determine the coefficients of thermal conductivity of three materials.
CENCO® Engraved Precision Force Table
Rugged metal construction and innovative features make this tool an industry standard.
Hooke’s Law University Apparatus
This apparatus verifies that that the amount by which a material body is deformed (the strain) is linearly related to the force causing the deformation (the stress).