TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
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Laboratory III: Waves
Problem #1: (Exploratory) Wave Speed
Problem #2: Standing Wave Patterns
Problem #3: Standing Wave Velocity
Problem #4: Standing Waves
Check Your Understanding
Laboratory III Cover Sheet
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Laboratory IV: Electric Fields and Forces
Problem #1: (Exploratory) Electric Field Vectors
Problem #2: Electric Field from a Dipole
Problem #3: Electric Field from Parallel Charged Plates
Problem #4: Gravitational Force on the Electron
Problem #5: Deflection of an Electron Beam by Electric Force
Problem #6: Deflection of an Electron Beam and Velocity
Check Your Understanding
Laboratory IV Cover Sheet
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Laboratory I: Conservation of Energy and Heat
Problem #1: Temperature and Energy Transfer I
Problem #2: Temperature and Energy Transfer II
Problem #3: Identifying Unknown Metals
Problem #4: The Composition of a Compound Object
Problem #5: Latent Heat and the Mass of Ice
Problem #6: Electrical Energy and Heat
Table of Thermal Properties of Pure Metals
Check Your Understanding
Laboratory I Cover Sheet
Laboratory II: Mechanical Oscillations
Problem #1: Measuring Spring Constants
Problem #2: Effective Spring Constants
Problem #3: Oscillation Frequency with Two Springs
Problem #4: Oscillation Frequency of an Extended System
Problem #5: (Exploratory) Driven Oscillations
Check Your Understanding
Laboratory II Cover Sheet
Laboratory V: Electrical Circuits (resistors / capacitors)
Problem #1: Basic Circuits
Problem #2: More Complex Circuits
Problem #3: (Exploratory) Short Circuits
Problem #4: Resistors and Light Bulbs
Problem #5: Circuit Analysis
Problem #6: (Exploratory) Simple Circuits with Capacitors
Problem #7: (Exploratory) Capacitance
Problem #8: Circuits with Two Capacitors
Check Your Understanding
Laboratory V Cover Sheet
Laboratory VI: Magnetic Fields and Forces
Problem #1: (Exploratory) Permanent Magnets
Problem #2: Current Carrying Wire
Problem #3: The Magnetic Field from a Current Carrying Wire
Problem #4: (Exploratory) Magnets and Moving Charges
Check Your Understanding
Laboratory VI Cover Sheet
Appendix A:
Appendix B:
Appendix C:
Appendix D:
Appendix E:
Appendix F:
Equipment
Significant Figures
Accuracy, Precision, and Uncertainty
Graphing
Software
Sample Lab Report
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank all the people who have contributed to the
development of the exercises and appendices used in this laboratory manual:
Brian Batell
Jennifer Blue
Heather Brown
Dave Demuth
Andrew Ferstl
Tom Foster
Charles Henderson
Vince Kuo
Lance Lohstreter
Michael Myhrom
Kevin Parendo
Jeremy Paschke
Kevin Klapoetke
And all of the teaching assistants who helped to find the 'bugs' in these instructions.
Kenneth & Patricia Heller
© Kenneth Heller & Patricia Heller