Mercury Lamp

Details

9B60 - Light Sources

Demo use only

Instances

Instance #361

G2B20A - Demo West (Duane Physics)

Good - Normal Wear Demo use only

Used in these demonstrations

Projected interference pattern showing concentric green and purple rings on a dark background, with a bright horizontal line from the mercury lamp slit across the center

Safety

Pohl's Plate

Light from a mercury lamp reflects off both surfaces of a thin mica sheet, creating two coherent virtual sources that produce circular interference fringes on a distant screen. Students observe …

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Demo use only

This equipment supports lecture demonstrations and cannot be reserved directly — it is assigned automatically as part of a demonstration. To use it, request a demo that includes it.