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Bed of Nails - Demonstration Kit

By: The Flinn Staff

Bed of Nails Pressure Physical Science and Physics Demonstration Kit
Bed of Nails Pressure Physical Science and Physics Demonstration Kit

Item #: AP6769

Price: $47.35

With the Bed of Nails Pressure Demonstration Kit for physical science and physics, dramatically show that pressure is a force per unit area with this familiar demonstration.

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Dramatically show that pressure is a force per unit area with this familiar demonstration. Place an inflated balloon on a wood block full of sharp nails. Add a 1000-g mass to the “floating” board on top of the balloon and amazingly the balloon does not pop! Continue adding more weight until the balloon pops. Repeat the demonstration using a single nail. Which bed of nails will support more weight before the balloon pops? The wood block with many nails holds significantly more weight without popping the balloon, compared to the single-nail block. This effectively shows that as the surface area (number of nails) decreases, the pressure increases. Multi-holed board allows for a variety of nail quantities and combinations to show increasing or decreasing surface area. Balloons for fifty demonstrations are provided. Replacement balloons are available. A weight set is required, but not included.

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