PHYSICS ADVANCED LEVEL PRACTICAL MANUAL

CONTENTS
  1. Usage of the vernier callipers_________page 1
  2. Usage of the micrometer screwgauge______page 6
  3. Usage of the spherometer______page 9
  4. Usage of the travelling microscope 11
  5. Verification of the law of parallelogram of forces and using it to determine the mass of a body __________ page 14
  6. Determination of the mass of a body using the principle of moments ______ page 16
  7. Determination of the relative density of a liquid using the U tube _________page  18
  8. Determination of the relative density of a liquid using Hare’s apparatus______ page 20
  9. Determination of the density of a liquid using a weighted test tube ________page 22
  10. Determination of the acceleration due to gravity using the simple pendulum _____page 24
  11. Verifi cation of the relationship between the mass of a body suspended from a helix spring and its period of oscillation _____pg  26
  12. 12. Determination of the frequency of a tuning fork using the sonometer ______ pg 28
  13. Verification of the relationship between the frequency of a stretched string and its vibrating length using the sonometer _____pg 30
  14. Determination of the velocity of sound using a closed resonance tube and a tuning fork and also determination of the end correction of the tube__________pg 32
  15. Determination of the velocity of sound in air using a closed resonance tube and a set of tuning forks and determination of the end correction of the tube____________ pg 34
  16. Determination of the refractive index of glass using the travelling  microscope and a block of glass____________ pg  36
  17. Determination of the angle of minimum deviation of a prism by observing the variation of deviation of a ray caused by the prism___________ pg  38
  18. Determination of the refractive index of the material of a prism by the critical angle method ____________ pg 40
  19. Adjustment of a spectometer and using it for determination of the refracting angle of a prism______________pg  42
  20. Determination of the angle of minimum deviation of a prism and the refractive index of the material of the prism using the spectrometer _____________pg  45
  21. 1. Location of the images formed by a convex lens by the method of no￾parallax and hence determination of the focal length of the lens________ pg 47
  22. 2. Location of the images formed by concave lens by the method of no￾parallax and hence determination of the focal length of the lens _________________pg 51
  23. Determination of the atmospheric pressure using the quill tube _________ pg 53
  24. Verifi cation of the relationship between the volume and the temperature of a gas at constant pressure____________pg  55
  25. To verify the relationship between the pressure and the absolute temperature of a gas at constant level ___________ pg  57
  26. Determination of the specifi c heat capacity of a solid substance by the method of mixtures __________pg 59
  27. Determination of the specifi c heat capacity of a liquid by the method of cooling______pg 61
  28. Determination of specifi c latent heat of fusion of ice by the method of mixtures____pg 64
  29. Determination of the specifi c latent heat of vaporization of water by the method of mixtures _________ pg 66
  30. Determination of relative humidity of air using a polished calorimeter ________ pg 68
  31. Determination of the thermal conductivity of a metal by Searle’s method _______pg  70
  32. Determination of the internal resistance and the electromotive force of a dry cell _______ pg 73
  33. Determination of temperature coeffi cient of resistance of a metal (Cu) using the Metre Bridge ______ pg 75
  34. Comparison of electromotive forces of two cells using the potentiometer ________pg 77
  35. Determination of the internal resistance of a cell using the potentiometer _________pg 79
  36. Construction of the I-V curve for a forward biased semiconductor diode _______ pg 81
  37. Construction of the transfer characteristic curve between IB and IC of a transistor in common emitter confi guration _______pg 83
  38. Experimental investigation of the truth tables of simple fundamental logic gates and hence identifi cation of the given gates ________ pg 85
  39. Determination of Young’s modulus of a metal (steel) in the form of a wire _____ pg 87
  40. Determination of the coeffi cient of viscosity of a liquid (water) by capillary fl ow method using Poiseuill’s formula ____ pg 90
  41. Determination of the surface tension of water using a microscope slide _______ pg 92
  42. Determination of the surface tension of water by the capillary rise method ______pg  94
  43. Determination of the surface tension of a liquid by Jaeger’s method ________ pg 96



References     __________ pg 99

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