Physics experiments （1）description
Course No.
0820105W
Teacher
Li Jiping
Course
Name
English
Physics Experiments (1)
Chinese
物理实验 (1)
Course hours
Total
Theory
Experiment Self-study
Practice
Course design
24
3
21
21
1. Yes
College
College of Science
Dept.
physics
√2. No
Course description：Describe the nature, academic status, and aims of the course (theory, ability and
technique)
1. Course nature and academic status
Physics experiments is an important compulsory course of the science and engineering students.
The physics laboratory is the workshop of the student, the place where he gets a firsthand knowledge of
physical principles and experimental methods through the handing of apparatus designed to
demonstrate the meaning and application of these principles, and the ability of scientific experiment
and creative as well.
2. Course aims (theory, ability and technique)
The general aim is training students' experiment ability. Some of the more specific objectives are:
1) to grasp the technique in operating equipment;
2) to acquire training in scientific methods of observation and recording of data;
3) to obtain experience in the use of graphical representation;
4) to take data, and develop confidence in ones’ability to compute reliable answers,or determine
valid relationships.
Requirements for courses, ability and knowledge in advance
Students should have foundation of physics, and the knowledge of general instruments, such as
vernier caliper, micrometer caliper, laboratory balance and so on.
Course structure (Table of contents):
Make clear the necessary parts, optional parts, distribution of hours. Courses with experiments or
practice are expected to explain hour’s needed, content, scheme and functions.
The physics experiments consist of one theory class of introduction and seven experiments.
The theory class :
Hours:
3 credit hours;
Founctions: a) to introduce concept of measurement, errors , deviation and uncertainty;
b) to learn how to get experimental data ;
c) to learn how to express the result with graphical and so on.
Content: theory and homework.
The seven experiments need three credit hours respectively. They are some of those followes:
(attention: because of the reason of laboratary, the content of experiments are not limit. They can
be choosen from these experiments. )
1) Determination of solid density;
Hours: 3 credit hours;
Functions: a) to grasp the use of the vernier caliper and the micrometer in measuring length;
b) to learn the use of the laboratory balance in the determination of mass.
content: using the vernier caliper and micrometer to get the volume of a copper ring, and using
the laboratory balance to get the mass of it, and determinating the density of copper.
2) The basic circuits;
Hours: 3 credit hours;
Functions: a) to comprehend the concept of electric potential, potential difference;
b) to grasp how to use the DC power、digital multi-meter, circuit board, etc.
content: using a digital multimeter to measure DC voltage differences, reviewing the concept of
potential and potential difference in the basic circuit, measuring the volt-ampere of
the linear resistances and nonlinear resistances
3) Steady-state measurement of thermal conductivity;
Hours:
3 credit hours;
Functions: a) to study the theory of Adiabatic expansion.
b) to learn the use of sensors to measure the pressure and temperature;
c) to determinate the ration of specific heats.
content: using the equipment to measure the ration of specific heats with the principle of
Adiabatic expansion and heat absortion with constant volume.
4) Millikan oil drop experiment;
Hours:
3 credit hours;
Functions: a) to understand that electrical charge is quantised in discrete multiples of the
electronic charge;
b) to measure the value of e.;
content: using the equipment to measure the the quantity of electricity of an oil drop, and the
value of e.
5) Ratio of specfic heats
Hours:
3 credit hours;
Functions: a) to grasp the theory of Adiabatic expansion.
b) to learn the use the sensors to measure the pressure and temperature;
c) to determinate the ration of specific heats.
content: using the equipment to measure the ration of specific heats with the principle of
Adiabatic expansion and heat absortion with constant volume.
6) Using an oscilloscope;
Hours:
3 credit hours;
Functions: a) to understand the structure of oscilloscope;
b) to know the use oscilloscope to measure the amplitude and frequency of
alternating current(AC) ;
c) to study lissajous figures.
content:
using oscilloscope to measure the amplitude and frequency of alternating
current(AC), and study the measurement of frequency with lissajous figures.
7) Young’s modulus;
Hours:
3 credit hours;
Functions: a) to verify Hooke’s Law for stretching of a wire;
b) to learn using many instruments to measure all kinds of length;
content:
b) to measure Young's Modulus for the wire
using the principle of optical level to measure Young's Modulus for the wire.
8) Hall effect.
Hours:
3 credit hours;
Functions: a) to learn the principle of Hall effect;
b) to observe the phenomenon of Hall effect;
b) to study the relationship between the hall voltage and excitation current;
content: observing the phenomenon of Hall effect, using the equipment to verify linear relation
between of Hall voltage and excitation current .
9) Photoelectric effect
Hours:
3 credit hours;
Functions: a) to understand the principle of light quantum;
b) to learn VA characteristic curve;
c) to verify the Einstein equation;
d) to measure.
content: measuring the Planck constant, verifying the Einstein equation(s), drawing VA
characteristic curve.
Name
Physics experiments
Publisher
NUAA
Textbook
Author
Year
Price
Li Jiping,
Pan Fengming ,
Zhang
Guangbing etc
2009
20.00
Price
Name
Publisher
Author
Year
Physics experiments
西南交通大学
出版社
邱春蓉，黄整
2009
Laboratory experivements
John Wiley &
Sons, Inc.
Cicero Henry
Bernard
1980
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