Physics 251:Spring 2006

Syllabus : Schedule : Primary Learning Outcomes

Notes on the lab writeup

Dates
Lab Number & Link Additional Laboratory Materials
January 23, 24

01:Electrostatics

Helper for 01:  Coulomb's Law

Movies: Electrostatic Chime  : Goopy Glue (I :II) : Coulomb's Law

Images: Coulombs Law Lab

 

January 30, 31

New 2006

mx55 x1

02:Electrostatic Field Mapping

Helpers for 02: Electric Dipole

Images: Dipole  Lab      :   MX55-Dipole Lab

Experimental Notes: Toggle Input Impedance on MX55

 

Starting with lab 03: Begin sending electronic lab reports.

Important details:

(1) You should save your lab report before sending it. Name the document you save using the following convention: If your name is Kilay Tulizm then , for example, save lab 03 as lab03KT.doc. Do not include non-alphabetic characters or spaces.

(2) In the subject line of your email, you should have the same thing. For example: Subject : Lab03KT . This will insure that the lab email is correctly detected by my email filter.

(3) Send your lab as one single document in word ".doc" format only.

February 06, 07

New 2006

mx55 x2

03:Series & Parallel Resistance & Capacitances

Helpers for 03:  Light Bulb : Ohmatic Resistor

Acquisition program: Ohm' s Law

Experimental Notes: Initialize MX55 Serial Interface

 

February 13, 14

New

mx55 x 2

04:Measurement of the EMF from a source & the RC time Constant

Helper for 04: Internal Resistance and RC Circuit

Movies: RC Circuit Charging & Discharging: Data

Data collected from the RC movie

Circuit Connections: Charging : Discharging

Acquisition program: RC Circuit

 

February 20, 21

New 2006

mx55 pb602-s

05:The Current Balance

 

Helper for 05: Current Balance & Spinner

Animation: Using Excel Solver

Images: Current Balance Setup : Spinner Setup

Acquisition programs:

Current Balance without spinner : Current Balance with spinner

Experimental Notes: Definition of Field Direction

 

February 27, 28

New 2006

mx55 pb602-s

06: Magnetic Levitation

Helper for 06 : Magnetic Levitation

Animations: Magnetic Moment in an External Field (1 : 2)

Images: Ferromagnetic Levitation Setup

Acquisition programs:

DC Magnetic Levitation : AC Magnetic Levitation

 

March 13, 14

New 2006

mx55 x2

TDS1002 x1

07:  Solenoids, Transformers, Faraday's law & Lenz's Law

Helper: Faraday's Law

Acquisition programs:

AC xformer : DC xformer

TeK Setups:

8: for Magnet Drop

9: for Magnet Manual Entry into Coil

10: for Magnet on Spring

TEK for Faraday's Law (magnet-spring) waveform  [I:D]

TEK Screen Capturers:

Format[Drive]=> .ps[I:D] : .tif[I:D] : .pcx[I:D] : .bmp[I:D]

March 20, 21 08:Oscilloscopes

Helper: Impedance Analysis

List of Frequencies to measure

Acquisition Program:

TeK Setup 5

TeK Frequency Analyzer

March 27,28 09: Focal Length of Converging and Diverging Lenses

Helpter: Converging & Diverging Lenses

Java Applet:  Optics Bench

backup1 : backup 2 : backup 3 (bigger)

April 03, 04

 

10: Reflection, Refraction, BrewstersAngle,  and the CriticalAngle

Helper: Brewster, Refraction, Reflection