Expo '03

 


See Atoms


Refrigerator Magnets

For more information about Refrigerator Magnets, visit our web site.


Magnetic Force Macroscope (MFM)

For more information about the Magnetic Force Macroscope and Magnetic Force Microscopy , visit our web site.


Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM)




Assemble Atoms


Carbon Nanotubes

For more information about Carbon Nanotubes, review the attached Activity Guide.


Ferrofluids


"Leaping Ferrofluid"

For more information about Ferrofluids, visit our web site
or review the attached Activity Guide.


Customize Materials


Amorphous Metal

Ball bearings dropped onto three different surfaces (titanium,maraging steel, and amorphous metal from the same height. A ball bearing bounces on the amorphous metal surface far longer than ontheother two surfaces.

For more information about Liquid Metal Golf, visit their web site
or review the attached Activity Guide.

For more information about a Amorphous Metal Demonstration, visit our web site.


Memory Metal

For more information about Memory Metal,
review the attached Activity Guide.


Giant MagnetoResistance (GMR)

For more information about GMR


Light Emitting Diodes


Red LED under microscope.

For more information about LEDs, visit our web site
or review the attached Activity Guide.


LED Traffic Light


For more information about LED Traffic Lights, visit our web site.


Contributions from...

Institute for Chemical Education(ICE)
American Chemical Society
SPEXOTICS
Ray-O-Vac Corporation
National Science Foundation


Personnel

Coordinators

Ken Lux
Wendy Crone
Amy Payne
S. Michael Condren



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