UCD: Physics 9B Lab
- Page ID
- 25264
- Read Me: About Labs in Physics 9
- This section provides an explanation of what is expected from students in the laboratory portion of Physics 9.
- Lab 1: One-Dimensional Waves
- We look at the properties of waves on strings, such as what factors affect velocity and what happens when the wave reflects off a barrier.
- Lab 2: Standing Waves
- We use the properties of standing wave harmonics and their associated traveling waves to experimentally determine the linear mass density of a string.
- Lab 3: Sound
- We use the standing sound wave harmonics in a metal bar to compute the speed of sound in that metal, and test the "beats" phenomenon.
- Lab 4: Two-Source Interference
- We explore the phenomenon of interference, resulting from waves coming from two sources.
- Lab 5: Diffraction
- We look at some consequences and applications of diffraction for single slits and diffraction gratings.
- Lab 6: Geometrical Optics
- We examine Snell's law, and its consequences for image location. We extend this phenomenon to explore the case of a converging lens.
- Lab 7: Kinetic Theory and Ideal Gases
- We use a simulator to explore the kinetic theory of gases and the ideal gas law.
- Lab 8: Gas Processes
- We derive the thermodynamic constant gamma for air, using only a pressure sensor and a cyclic process that involves some very simple-to-produce processes.
- Lab 9: A Heat Engine
- We extract work from an engine using two thermal reservoirs.