Physics Laboratory Manual

Preface.
Acknowledgements.
General Laboratory Information.
Laboratory 1: Measurement of Length.
Laboratory 2: Measurement of Density.
Laboratory 3: Force Table and Vector Addition of Forces.
Laboratory 4: Uniformly Accelerated Motion.
Laboratory 4A: Uniformly Accelerated Motion Using a Photogate.
Laboratory 5: Uniformly Accelerated Motion on the Air Table.
Laboratory 6: Kinematics in Two Dimensions on the Air Table.
Laboratory 7: Coefficient of Friction.
Laboratory 7A: Coefficient of Friction Using a Force Sensor and a Motion Sensor.
Laboratory 8: Newton's Second Law on the Air Table.
Laboratory 9: Newton's Second Law on the Atwood Machine.
Laboratory 10: Torques and Rotational Equilibrium of a Rigid Body.
Laboratory 11: Conservation of Energy on the Air Table.
Laboratory 12: Conservation of Spring and Gravitational Potential Energy.
Laboratory 12A: Energy Variations of a Mass on a Spring Using a Motions Sensor.
Laboratory 13: The Ballistic Pendulum and Projectile Motion.
Laboratory 14: Conservation of Momentum on the Air Track.
Laboratory 14A: Conservation of Momentum Using Motion Sensors.
Laboratory 15: Conservation of Momentum on the Air Table.
Laboratory 16: Centripetal Acceleration of an Object in Circular Motion.
Laboratory 17: Moment of Inertia and Rotational Motion.
Laboratory 18: Archimedes' Principle.
Laboratory 19: The Pendulum--Approximate Simple Harmonic Motion.
Laboratory 20: Simple Harmonic Motion--Mass on a Spring.
Laboratory 20A: Simple Harmonic Motion--Mass on a Spring Using a Motion Sensor.
Laboratory 21: Standing Waves on a String.
Laboratory 22: Speed of Sound--Resonance Tube.
Laboratory 23: Specific Heat of Metals.
Laboratory 24: Linear Thermal Expansion.
Laboratory 25: The Ideal Gas Law.
Laboratory 26: Equipotentials and Electric Fields.
Laboratory 27: Capacitance Measurement with a Ballistic Galvanometer.
Laboratory 28: Measurement of Electrical Resistance and Ohm's Law.
Laboratory 29: Wheatstone