Essential Physics
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 164
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 166
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The experiments and procedures in this laboratory manual are the results of over fifty years of combined personal experience by the authors. These procedures are geared toward the sophomore students who are taking a two semester introductory course in Physics. Thousands of students very similar to you have helped us refine the way in which we teach. We try to coordinate each experiment so that it re-enforces the material covered in lecture. This is a time honored teaching strategy, but on a higher level, a discipline must be able to demonstrate what it “knows” is true. This is the essential and defining characteristic of science.
At any rate, there are two experiments going on in each of the following procedures: You perform the experiment to better grasp the ideas, concepts and laws of Physics and we are still experimenting on you to see what works best. Please let us know how well this is being accomplished.
00a To the Student
00b Physics Laboratory Safety Rules
00c Guide Lines for Physics Lab Reports
00d Graphing Experimental Data
01 M1 Measurement
02 M2 Determination of “g” from Distance
02a M2A Determination of “g” from Instantaneous Velocity
03 M3 Vector Addition
04 M4 Newton's Second Law
05 M5 Centripetal Acceleration
06 M6 Conservation of Energy
06aM6A Area Under A Curve
07 M7 Conservation of Momentum
08 M8 Rotational Inertia
09 M9 Static Equilibrium
10 M10 Harmonic Motion of the Simple Pendulum
11 M11 Harmonic Motion of a Mass on a Spring
12 M12 Speed of Sound
13 M13 Vibrating Strings
14 H1 Thermal Expansion
15 H2 Mechanical Equivalence of Heat
16 E1 Introduction to the Oscilloscope
17 E2 Mapping Electric Fields
18 E3 Ohm's Law
19 E4 Wheatstone Bridge
20 E5 Charge and Discharge of a Capacitor
21 E6 Determination of e/m
22 E7 Electromagnetic Induction
23 E8 L/R Circuit
24 E9 AC Circuits Resonance
25 O1 Reflection and Refraction
26 O2 Diffraction Gratings
27 O3 Lenses and Mirrors
28 O4 Single and Double Slit Diffraction
29 N1 Half Life of Radon
30 N2 Photoelectric Effect
31 N3 Half Life of Barium
32 N4 Atomic Spectroscopy
33 Appendix 1 - Physics Symbols
34 Appendix 2 - Comparing Experimental Values
35 Appendix 3 - Measurement, Uncertainty, and Error Analysis.........
36 Appendix 4 - Resistor Identification