PH110: Physics LABORATORY

         Course OveRVIEW

This course attempts to inculcate the necessary laboratory skills via Physics experiments for the students. The method of science requires clubbing together of empirical results and mathematical representations to formulate testable scientific hypothesis. The general validity of these hypothesis leads to the development of scientific theories and a deeper understanding of nature. Experiments are vehicles to  achieve these in a tangible manner. As a budding engineers, it is essential to understand the unerlying spirit of experimentation and this course attempts to sow the first seeds.

                                                                                   


         COURSE GOALS

       There is a twofold aim of the course: 

                                        •        (a) Impart hands-on-experience with planning and implementation of experiemnts.

           (b) Deepen the understanding of the crucial connection between theory and experiments.

 


        LAB VIDEOS

       The videos embedded below have resulted from an exercise assigned (halfway along the course) to a group of students from the First year PH110 class of 2014. The participants comprised of students from (i) Civil Enginnering and (ii) Chemical Science and Technology. The students were divided into small groups (of 3-5 members earch) and given 45 minutes to plan the contents. In the next 45 minutes, bytes required for compiling these videos were shot using ordinary cellphone cameras. The editing was done by students themselves and submitted by next lab class. Interestingly, a drastic improvement in the approach of the students towards conducting experiments was observed post this exercise. This could be attributed to the leadership role they saw while deciding the contents of the videos. While planning the contents, the students came up with pertinent physics questions related to the experiments which they otherwise never did!


[1] Hall Effect

[2] e/m Thompson's method:



 [3] Speed of light in glass:




[4] Speed of sound in air:




[5] Compound Pendulum:




[6] Time constant of a RC circuit:




[7] Q-factor:




[8] Surface Tension of water:




[9] Photoelectric Effect:




[10] Newton's Rings:









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