Institute of Physics
The Institute of Physics at TH Köln is an interdisciplinary scientific institution of the faculties of Information, Media and Electrical Engineering, Automotive Systems and Production as well as Process Engineering, Energy and Mechanical Systems. It provides the necessary know-how for the education in Physics. However, the focus and scope of the studies are left to the respective faculty.
Focus of the Institute
- The Institute performs tasks in teaching and research in the field of Physics as a service to the faculties.
- It provides a collection of demonstration experiments for the lectures in experimental and applied Physics.
- The Institute is particularly responsible for the provision, maintenance and further development of the Physics internship together with the responsible professors of the faculties.
Internships
The Institute of Physics offers practical experiments for the internships in the following areas:
- Acoustics
- Nuclear Physics
- Electricity
- Mechanics
- Optics
- Thermodynamics
In addition, the institute offers further experiments that can be remotely controlled from an online portal. To the portal
Selection of available experiments for internships
Acoustics: Test setup with Kundt tube (5 internship positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Acoustics: Test setup ultrasonic wave (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Nuclear physics: Test setup Franck-Hertz experiment (1 position available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Electricity heat: Test setup for electrolytic trough (1 position available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Electricity heat: Test setup for power adjustment (1 position available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Electricity heat: test setup for temperature dependence of resistors (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Electricity heat: Test setup Wheatston's Bridge (3 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Mechanics: Test setup for bending of bars (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Mechanics: Test setup gravitational acceleration (6 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Mechanics: Test setup for sprong constant (6 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Mechanics: Test setup for damped vibrations (6 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Mechanics: Test setup for mass moment of inertia (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Mechanics: Test setup for Mohr-Westphalsche scale (2 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Mechanics: Test setup for surface tension (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Mechanics: Test setup for pycnometer (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Mechanics: Test setup for friction (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Mechanics: Test setup for reversion pendulum (1 position available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Mechanics: Test setup for Steiner system set (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Mechanics: Test setup for spill method (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Optics: Test setup for diffraction at grating (3 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Optics: Test setup for the refractive index (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Optics: Test setup for the focal lengths of lenses (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Optics: Test setup for the dispersion curve of a prism (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Electricity heat: Test setup for the adiabatic exponent according to Rüchard (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Electricty heat: Test setup specific heat capacity of solid bodies (6 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Electricity heat: Test setup for the thermocouple (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Electricity heat: Test setup evaporation heat (5 positions available) (Image: Institut für Physik / TH Köln)
Demonstration experiments
Collection of Experiments
- Collection of Experiments in Acoustics 2016 [in German] (pdf, 1 MB)
- Collection of Experiments in Electricity 2016 [in German] (pdf, 5 MB)
- Collection of Experiments in Mechanics 2016 [in German] (pdf, 6 MB)
- Collection of Experiments in Thermodynamics 2016 [in German] (pdf, 1 MB)
- Collection of Experiments in Optics 2016 [in Germanv] (pdf, 1 MB)
The Institute of Physics offers demonstration experiments in the following areas:
- Acoustics
- Electricity
- Mechanics
- Optics
- Thermodynamics