Ripple Tank Apparatus

Product Description

A specially designed versatile apparatus for the investigation of the wave properties, such as wave propagation, reflection, refraction, diffraction and interference. Permits demonstration with an overhead projector or use as a free standing bench model, allowing investigations to be carried out directly. Comprises a Rectangular plastic tank with clear bottom and sloped sides incorporating beach effect to eliminate unwanted reflections. The tank has four detachable legs mounted at its underside at the corners with a hole in the clear tray for water drainage. One end of the tank has clamps for supporting lamp holder with a pair of clamps on each side for mounting rippler support rods. Rippler assembly comprises of a Rectangular plastic rod with series of holes suitable for mounting spherical dippers and a low voltage DC motor having eccentric cam attached to its shaft to produce oscillatory motion. Supplied complete with following accessories:

Illuminant Assembly 

Set of 4 barriers “ a pair of bigger L-shaped (75—25mm) and a pair of smaller L-shaped barrier (25—25mm) 

1 Curved Barrier, 2.5cm high, with uniform radius of curvature 

1 Hand Stroboscope 

1 Convex Lens 

1 Concave Lens 

1 Rectangular Block 

2 Spherical Dippers 

Spare Elastic Cords for suspending rippler assembly