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Updated 09 August 2009.
Ref. no. 72393 --
Monday 2:30-5:20 in SM 208 (Dr. Carr)
Ref. no. 76708 --
Monday 5:30-8:20 pm in SM 208 (Mr. Bolivar)
Important clarification of policies related to withdrawal from lecture
Textbook:
Physics Laboratory Manual, by David H. Loyd,
third edition (Brooks/Cole CENGAGE, 2008).
ISBN-13: 9780495114529
The same lab manual is used for both semesters at TCC.
If you don't already have one, you must buy a NEW copy of the lab manual
because we remove pages from the book for use in the lab (data tables,
calculations, post-lab report questions, and possibly some pre-lab reports).
However, new students in PHY2049 might be able to find a lightly used copy
where only a few of the 2048 lab pages have been used.
Lab schedule in pdf for printing (Spring 2009)
| Lab # | Date | Description | Manual Ref |
| 8/24 | Review of Lab Safety and Data Analysis | pp. 1-11 | |
| 0 | 8/31 |
Use of Electrical Measurement devices (background information for first labs) |
Wolfson Sect 25.4 |
| 9/7 | Labor Day Holiday (no lab) | ||
| 1 | 9/14 | Equipotentials and Electric Fields | pg. 259 + Handout |
| 2 | 9/21 | Ohm's Law | pg. 279 |
| 3 | 9/28 | Kirchhoff's Rules | pg. 339 + Handout |
| 10/5 | Lab Exam 1 | ||
| 4 | 10/12 | RC Time Constant (DC) | pg. 329 |
| 5 | 10/19 | Oscilloscope Measurements | pg. 379 |
| 6 | 10/26 | Alternating Current LR Circuit | pg. 359 + Handout |
| 11/2 | Lab Exam 2 | ||
| 7 | 11/9 | RC and LCR Circuits (AC) | pg. 369 |
| 8 | 11/16 | Snell's Law | Handout + pg. 401 |
| 9 | 11/23 | Lenses | Handout + pg. 413 |
| 11/30 | Lab Exam 3 | ||
| 12/8 | (tentative meeting date to return graded work) | ||
| Note: The initial set of pages used pictures taken in one day showing each of the lab setups. These have been updated over the past years, and information has been added on the use of some of the equipment. Some details may vary, but they do show the apparatus as it should look when you arrive and sometimes how it looks when in use. I will continue to update the pictures and add supplemental material. Suggestions are appreciated on what additional info could be helpful to you. |
Note: Extra handouts are kept in the lab.
| Special thanks to the students whose hands appear in some photos. Sharing their work helps every student after them learn from what was done before and build on that to develop good lab technique. |
Note that PHY 2049 must be taken at the same time as PHY 2049L.
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