Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : PH1070 : Physics Laboratory { 0-0-3 / 2}
Subject Nature : Practical
Coordinator : Abhay Pratap Yadav
Syllabus
1. Familiarization with all measuring instruments.
2. Determine the acceleration due to gravity by Kater’s bar pendulum.
3. Determination of surface tension by capillary rise method.
4. Determination of Young’s modulus of wire by Searl’s method.
5. To find the unknown low resistance by Carey Foster’s Bridge.
6. Determination of viscosity by Stoke’s method.
7. To compare the magnetic moments.
8. Study of Diode Characteristics.
9. Band-gap determination by Four probe method.
10. Optical rotation by a polarimeter.
11. Determination wavelength of Sodium light by the diffraction grating.
12. Determination of wavelength sodium light by using Newton’s ring method.
13. Determination of thermal conductivity of bad conductor by Lee’s disc method.
Course Objectives
- Data collection and develop the ability to analyze the data.
- Evaluate the process and outcomes of an experiment quantitatively and qualitatively,
- Ability to measure and report uncertain quantities with appropriate precision.
- Conduct an experiment collaboratively and ethically.
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
CO1: Students will demonstrate proficiency in data collection for experiments.
CO2: Students will learn to perform error analysis in experiments.
CO3: Students will understand to analyze the measurements to draw valid conclusions.
CO4: Students will develop the ability to demonstrate and present the experimental findings.
Essential Reading
- Laboratory Manual, Laboratory Manual, Department of Physics and Astronomy , NIT Rourkela.
- G. L. Squires, Practical Physics, Cambridge University Press.
Supplementary Reading
- C. Hernandez-Hall and J. Wilson, Physics Laboratory Experiments, Brooks/Cole.
- W. F. Smith, Experimental Physics: Principles and Practice for the Laboratory, Taylor & Francis, CRC Press.