Physical Sciences Lab at GPC Decatur

PHYS 2212L -  Principles of Physics II Laboratory (Calculus-Based)

This is a list of the available experiments and the links to the writeups of the labs done at the Lawrenceville campus prior to its closing in Spring 2008.

Click on Descriptions and Applets for a short description of these experiments and a list of useful java applets for each one.

click here for the procedure on introduction to electric circuits

click here for the simplified intro

Introduction to Electric Circuits   
C #16    Sonometer   
C #17     Resonance Tube   
C #29    Joule's Law   
C #23    Coulomb Force   
C #24     Electric Field Mapping   
C #25    Force Between Currents   
C #26  click here for the simplified procedures on Ohm's Law
Ohm's Law   
click here for the procedure on series and parallel circuits
Series and Parallel Circuits   
click here for the procedure on internal resistance of a battery
Internal Resistance of a Battery   
click here for the Lawrenceville procedure on Kirchhoff's Laws
DC Circuits/Kirchhoff's Laws   
C #31 click here for the procedure on the RC circuit, based on Cioffari #31

click here for the Lawrenceville supplement on using the oscilloscope with the RC circuit

RC Circuit   
click here for the Lawrenceville procedure on introduction to the oscilloscope
Oscilloscope   
click here for the Lawrenceville procedure on LRC circuits and the data sheet    LRC Circuits   
click here for the Lawrenceville procedure on transformers (Lawrenceville) and one on a cool demo
Transformers   
this lab is based on in-class materials        Speed of Light   
C #35/36   click here for the Lawrenceville procedure on geometric optics and image formation    Geometrical Optics

Image Formation with Lenses

C #39            click here for the Lawrenceville procedure on single, double, and multiple slits     Single-Slit Diffraction/Double-Slit Interference/Diffraction Grating   
C #37/39/42            click here for the Lawrenceville procedure on spectrometry     Spectrometry   
C #41 click here for the Lawrenceville procedure on radioactivity
Radioactivity   
click here for the procedures on thin-film interference for flat plates

and Newton's Rings (also a supplement for Newton's Rings)

Thin-Film Interference   

Click on Descriptions and Applets for a short description of these experiments and a list of useful java applets for each one.

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