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Schedule

  • Full Lab Schedule with Meeting Times
  • Lab Days for PHYS 1172L (with links)
  • Lab Days for PHYS 1146L (with links)
  • Weekly Meeting Times by Instructor & Lab Makeup Procedure

General information

  • Introduction
  • Data Acquisition & Analysis in Excel & Capstone
  • Error Analysis Review
  • Graphical Representation of Experimental Data
  • Capstone Tips & Tools
  • Vernier Calipers
  • Equipment Information

Experiments

  • General Physics Lab I (Fall)
    • Introductory Lab: Domino Size & Density
    • Force Table with 3 Vectors at Equilibrium
    • Acceleration due to Gravity, g, with Glider on Tilted Air Track
    • Simple Projectile Motion
    • Centripetal Force with Mass on Rotating Arm
    • Conservation of Energy with Glider on Tilted Air Track
    • Conservation of Energy & Linear Momentum with Ballistic Pendulum & Projectile Motion
    • 1171L-ONLY | Rotational Dynamics with Moment of Inertia & Angular Momentum
    • 1145L-ONLY | Ideal Gas Law with Isothermal & Adiabatic Compression; Estimating Absolute Zero
    • Fluid Physics with Archimedes’ & Bernoulli’s Principles
    • Determination of Acceleration due to Gravity, g, with Simple Pendulum
  • General Physics Lab II (Spring)
    • Electric Force & the Determination of \(\varepsilon_0\)
    • Equipotential & Electric Field Mapping
    • Acceleration & Deflection of Electrons
    • Resistivity with Resistors & DC Circuits
    • Electrical Example of an Exponential Decay Process with Resistors & Capacitors (RC Circuits)
    • Magnetic Force & the Determination of \(\mu_0\)
    • Measurement of Helmholtz Magnetic Field & Electrons’ e/m Ratio
    • 1172L-ONLY | Faraday’s Law of Induction
    • Wave Motion
    • 1146L-ONLY | Light – Geometric Optics and Imaging
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General Physics Lab I (Fall)

General Physics Lab I (Fall)#

The experiments you will conduct this semester are:

Excel and Spreadsheets, Syllabus

Introductory Lab: Domino Size & Density

Force Table with 3 Vectors at Equilibrium

Acceleration due to Gravity, g, with Glider on Tilted Air Track

Simple Projectile Motion with Kinematics

Centripetal Force with Mass on Rotating Arm

Conservation of Energy with Glider on Tilted Air Track

Conservation of Energy & Linear Momentum with Ballistic Pendulum & Projectile Motion

1145L-ONLY | Ideal gas law with Isothermal & Adiabatic Compression; Estimating Absolute Zero

1171L-ONLY | Rotational Dynamics with Moment of Inertia & Angular Momentum

Fluid Physics with Archimedes’ & Bernoulli’s Principles

Determination of Acceleration due to Gravity, g, with Simple Pendulum

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Equipment Information

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Introductory Lab: Domino Size & Density

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