Physics 251:Spring 2010

Syllabus [W:P] : Schedule [W:P]: Assessable Learning Outcomes [W:P]

Notes on the lab writeup [W:P]

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Dates
Lab Number & Link Additional Laboratory Materials

January 14,15

No Lab

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 21,22

Lab 01

Electrostatics

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Helper for 01:  Coulomb's Law

Movies:

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

Images: Coulombs Law Lab

 

January 28,29

(snow day on Jan29) 

mx55 x1

02:Electrostatic Field Mapping [ W : P ]

Helpers for 02: Electric Field Mapping Graphical Output

Dipole Dropoff Helper

Images: Dipole  Lab      :   MX55-Dipole Lab

Experimental Notes: Toggle Input Impedance on MX55 [W:P]

Experimental Notes: Initialize MX55 Serial Interface [W : P]

Acquisition Program: EfieldMap

Screen Capture of EfieldMap

 

February 12,13

 

mx55 x2

03:Series & Parallel Resistance & Capacitances

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Helpers for 03:  Light Bulb : Ohmatic Resistor

Acquisition program: Ohm' s Law

  Ohm's Law 2010 beta
Experimental Notes:
Initialize MX55 Serial Interface [W : P]

 

February 18,19

 

mx55 x 2

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

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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 25,26

 

mx55 pb602-s

05:The Current Balance

 

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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 [W:P]

 

March 04,05

 

mx55 pb602-s

06: Magnetic Levitation

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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 18,19

 

mx55 x2

TDS1002 x1

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

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Helper: Faraday's Law

Acquisition programs:

AC xformer : DC xformer

TeK Setups: (Not needed)

8: for Magnet Drop (Not needed)

9: for Magnet Manual Entry into Coil (Not needed)

10: for Magnet on Spring (Not needed)

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 25,26 08:Oscilloscopes

LF, HF filters and RLC circuits

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Helper: Impedance Analysis

List of Frequencies to measure

Acquisition Program:

TeK Setup 5

TeK Frequency Analyzer

April 08,09
no lab: AAS meeting
AAS Meeting
April 15,16
09: Focal Length of Converging and Diverging Lenses

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Helper: Converging & Diverging Lenses

Java Applet:  Optics Bench

backup1 : backup 2 : backup 3 (bigger)

April 15 ,16

 

10: Reflection, Refraction, Brewsters Angle,  and the Critical Angle [ W : P ]

Helper: Brewster, Refraction, Reflection

April 22,23 Lab Makeup  
April 29,30 Lab Makeup