In this lab, the students become familiar with 2 oscilloscopes, the model 2120B made by BK Precision, and the SWS scope.

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The purpose of this experiment is to learn how voltage and currents are generated and measured in the laboratory, and to investigate how voltage and current are related in resistors.

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In this experiment, the students verify that the force between two wires in proportional to the product of the currents, and estimate the proportionality constant involved.

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In this experiment e/m of the electron is determined from the relationship between the electric potential used to accelerate the electron to a given speed, the strength of the magnetic field that influences the electron's motion, and the radius of the circular path which the electron follows.

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In this experiment, students measure the magnetic field of a circular coil at distances that a fairly close to the coil.

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In the experiment students will verify the lens equation and investigate several types of lenses.

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In this experiment, students use a grating spectrometer to observe and measure the line spectra of various discharge lamps.

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In this experiment students examine what happens when a plane coherent monochromatic beam of light from a laser is incident on single slits of various widths, and double slits of various widths and separations.

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Topics to be investigated in this experiment include the statistics of radioactive decay and the attenuation of beta and gamma rays by matter.

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This experiment familiarizes the student with the lab'ssoftware Science Workshop (SWS) and motion sensor. Also, for the second part of the experiment the students study the relationships between position, velocity, acceleration, and time. This lab focuses on the one dimensional case where each quantity can be considered as a scalar. Acceleration is also taken to be constant.

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The work-energy relationship is explored by looking at the energy of a glider and weight at different positions during a fall.

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This experiment's purpose is to verify the concepts of potential energy and conservation of energyfor the the uniform gravitational field and for an ideal Hooke's Law spring.

Download: Conservation of Energy.pdf