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Physics 1140 Lab Manual

Bowdoin College

  • Intro
    • About
    • Basic Info
    • Sig. Figs.
    • Units
    • Graphing
    • Uncertainty
    • Grading
  • Labs
    • Lab 0
    • Lab 1
      • Lab 1: Background
      • Lab 1: Equipment
      • Lab 1: Data
      • Lab 1: Summary
    • Lab 2
      • Lab 2: Background
      • Lab 2: Equipment
      • Lab 2: Data Collection and Analysis
      • Lab 2: Summary Questions
    • Lab 3
      • Lab 3: Background
      • Lab 3: Equipment
      • Lab 3: Data
      • Lab 3: Summary
    • Lab 4
      • Lab 4: Background
      • Lab 4: Equipment
      • Lab 4: Data
      • Lab 4: Summary
    • Lab 5
      • Lab 5: Background
      • Lab 5: Equipment
      • Lab 5: Data
      • Lab 5: Summary
    • Lab 6
      • Lab 6: Background
      • Lab 6: Equipment
      • Lab 6: Data
      • Lab 6: Summary
    • Lab 7
      • Lab 7: Background
      • Lab 7: Equipment
      • Lab 7: Data
      • Lab 7: Summary
    • Lab 8
      • Lab 8: Background
      • Lab 8: Equipment
      • Lab 8: Data
      • Lab 8: Summary
    • Lab 9
      • Lab 9: Background
      • Lab 9: Equipment
      • Lab 9: Data
      • Lab 9: Summary
    • Polarization of Light
      • Background
      • Equipment
      • Data Collection and Analysis
      • Summary Questions
  • 2021 Test
  • Lab 2: Background
  • Lab 1 Background F21
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Physics 1140 Lab Manual

Table of Contents

Introduction

  • About this Manual
  • Basic Information About Lab
  • Notes on Significant Figures
  • Notes on Units
  • Notes on Graphing
  • Notes on Measurement Uncertainties and “Error Analysis”
  • Notes on Grading

Labs

  • Lab 0: Tutorial Exercises on Straight Line Analysis
  • Lab 1: Electrical Circuits: Basic Electrical Concepts and Measurements
  • Lab 2: Electrical Circuits: Capacitance
  • Lab 3: Thin Lens Geometric Optics
  • Lab 4: Using a Spectrometer to Study the Reflection, Refraction, and Dispersion of Light by a Prism
  • Lab 5: Measurement of Light Spectra with a Monochromator
  • Lab 6: Interference of Light from a Laser
  • Lab 7: Determining Planck’s Constant using LEDs
  • Lab 8: Gamma Ray Spectroscopy
  • Lab 9: Environmental Radiation: The Fertilizer Lab
  • Polarization of Light

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