Course Outcomes: After successful complete of the course, students will be able to
- Experimentally verify theoretical concepts in mechanics, electromagnetism, heat, and optics, stochastic processes such nuclear decay using dice.
- Handle apparatus and assemble simple experimental setup
- Record measurements and Perform data analysis
- Calculate physical parameters from experimental results and their deviation from theoretical predictions and Error Analysis
- Appreciate safety protocols and measures taken
Suggested list of experiments is given. Equivalent experiments may be considered. A minimum of eight experiments are to be completed from the suggested list.
- Nuclear decay simulation
- Coupled pendulum oscillations
- Melde’s experiment
- Meter bridge or Carey Forster’s bridge
- Ballistic Galvanometer
- Coulomb and Current balance
- Helmholtz coil (Field along the axis, Biot-Savart’s law)
- Determination of capacitance and dielectric constant using a parallel plate capacitor
- Dispersive power of Prism (Mercury vapour lamp)
- Determination of gratings constant (using Sodium line) and Hydrogen/Mercury spectrum using grating spectrometer.
- Newton’s rings
Evaluation Pattern: As in the rules for Assessment Procedure (R.14)
Skills and Employability: Lab sessions and experimentation help develop intuition for lab equipment and builds practical knowledge of using lab instruments, measurement techniques and experimental techniques needed for work involving communication of science such as lab instructor/ demonstrator, technical staff, educator or a scientist in schools, colleges, universities, industries and research labs/organisations.
