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1) Moment of Inertia (flywheel)
1) Roll down hill
2) Apply varying weights
3) Rotating bar method
2) Measuring g by different methods
1) Vertical drop
2) Simple pendulum
3) Compound pendulum
4) Oscillating spring
3) Measure 3-4 fundamental constants and compare procedures
1) Planck’s constant
2) e/m
3) ε0
4) Sonometer (sound waves)
1) f vs length
2) f vs T
3) f vs mass/unit length
5) Magnetic Fields
1) B vs current
2) B vs number of turns
3) Vary material of solenoid and measure B
6) Lenses – telescope magnification
1) Focal length of eyepiece by thin lens formula
2) Focal length of objective by thin lens formula
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Calculate angular magnification
3) Measure angular magnification using the “estimation method” (Beckett, pp 75)
7) Lenses – measure focal length in 3 different ways and compare
1) Thin lens formula
2) Plane mirror
3) Lens-maker’s equation
8) Lenses – investigate chromatic aberrations
1) Measure focal length of two lenses (thin lens)
2) Compare measurement of focal length from (1) (either mirror or lensmaker’s)
3) Investigate chromatic aberration using favoured method (measure focal length for
different wavelengths using thin lens
9) Young’s Modulus
1) Vernier gague extension
2) Sag method
3) Oscillation
10) Quantisation
1) Planck’s constant
2) e/m
3) Millikan’s Oil Drop
11) Refractive index (glass)
1) Snell’s law
2) Apparent depth
3) Lens maker’s formula
12) Refractive index (water)
1) Real and apparent depth
2) Concave mirror
3) Laser
13) Speed of Sound
1) Resonance tube
2) Stationary waves
3) Kundt’s Tube
14) Pendulum (SHM)
1) Simple
2) Compound
3) Conical
15) Laser Characteristics and Applications
1) Divergence
2) Wavelength
3) Diameter of hair
4)
CD spacing
16) Properties of Copper
1) Coefficient of resistivity
2) Temperature coefficient of resistivity
3) Coefficient of thermal conductivity
17) Coefficient of static friction
1) By horizontal force and pulley
2) By increasing angle of ramp
3) Choose best method and investigate effect of surface area
18) Reactance
1) Measure variation of current with frequency for a capacitor
2) Measure variation of current with frequency for an inductor
3) Build LCR series circuit – measure variation of current with frequency to measure
resonant frequency. Compare measured resonance with calculated value.