132 Syllabus
Second Summer Session 2001
PHY-132 is the 1-credit laboratory course accompanying PHY-131, University
Physics I, which covers the subject of Electricity and Magnetism. PHY-131
must be taken at the same time as (or either before) PHY-132.
For logistical and economical reasons the material covered in the two courses
is not coordinated in time. The expectation is that, over the course of the
term, material learned in one course will enhance the understanding of the
material received in the other.
The full text of the syllabus is also available as a pdf file.
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LAB MANUAL
The manual for this laboratory is entirely online. You are responsible
for downloading these pages, reading them beforehand, and bringing them
with you to the appropriate lab. DO NOT PRINT OUT YOUR LABS ON THE
PRINTERS IN THE LAB ROOMS. These files are in pdf format. The free
Adobe Acrobat pdf reader is available
here.
INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL
You are expected to know some elementary ideas about distributions
and samples. For example, you should know what a histogram is;
you should know what standard deviation is, and how to find it,
by hand if you are asked. If you don't know these things, then
you will need to read these introductory pages. At least one
person in your group should have these pages available as
reference material while you are working on your labs.
Data Analysis
Part 1 9 pages - histograms and standard deviation
Data Analysis
Part 2 9 pages - formal error propagation
Informal Error Propagation 1 page
Graphical Analysis 4 pages
Curve Fitting 7 pages
Log-Log Fits 1 page
Access from Campus PC's 1 page
LAB INSTRUCTIONS
Here are the instructions for the 10 labs that we do in the summer.
You are responsible for bringing these with you to each lab (except
for LAB 1 - OSCILLOSCOPE which will be provided in the lab rooms).
DO NOT PRINT OUT YOUR LABS ON THE PRINTERS IN THE LAB ROOMS.
SUMMER LAB 1 <> 3 pages
Oscilloscope
SUMMER LABS 2-4 <> (on a rotating schedule)
Ohm's Law 4 pages
Electric Potential and Electric Fields 6 pages
Electric Power - DC Circuits 5 pages
SUMMER LABS 5-7 <> (on a rotating schedule)
RC Time Constant 6 pages
Magnetic Fields 7 pages
Current Balance 4 pages
SUMMER LABS 8-10 <> (on a rotating schedule)
Faraday's Law 4 pages (Modified on July 15)
LRC Circuit (Phases) 6 pages
Resonance in LRC Circuit 6 pages
HELPFUL DEMOS
How to Read a Vernier Caliper
GRADES
TA's