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PHYSICS 2300 INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXPERIMENTS

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Group 1 BASIC GROUP (Fundamental Constants)

  1. SPEED OF LIGHT IN AIR  AND SPEED OF LIGHT IN FIBER OPTIC CABLE
  2. DETERMINATION OF CHARGE ON ELECTRON USING TRANSISTOR
  3. DETERMINATION OF PLANCK’S CONSTANT USING LEDS
  4. DETERMINATION OF e/m 
  5. DETERMINATION OF ABSOLUTE ZERO AND BOLTZMANN’S CONSTANT(k)
  6. OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY I  (Rydberg Constant, Emission Spectra)
  7. MEASURE “g” WITH KATER PENDULUM

Group 2 ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS

  1. CABLE CHARACTERISTICS (Impedance, Reflections, Speed of Wave)
  2. HYDROGEN FUEL CELL & SOLAR CELL (Instructions not available online. See lab administrator)
  3. THERMAL EFFICIENCY Obtain instructions from  http://www.pasco.com/prodCatalog/TD/TD-8564_thermal-efficiency-apparatus/index.cfm#resourcesTab.
  4. ELECTRON DIFFRACTION
  5. MAGNETIC MOMENT
  6. DIELECTRIC CONSTANT  


Last Updated: 05/09/2017