PH05510 - LABORATORY PHYSICS 2

Module Identifier	PH05510
Module Title	LABORATORY PHYSICS 2
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Dr Eleri Pryse
Semester	Semester 2
Other staff	Dr Andrew Breen
Pre-Requisite	PH05010
Co-Requisite	None
Mutually Exclusive	Not available to students on 3 year BSc (Hons) or 4 year MPhys schemes
Course delivery	Practical	11 x 3 hours
Assessment	Course work	Formal Reports Due in week 4 and 8	30%
	Course work	Laboratory Diary Due in week 11 but also marked regularly during the semester by supervisors.	70%

Brief description

This module builds on the introduction to experimental physics given in module PH05010. Emphasis continues on the training of students to use basic instruments, the application of error analysis techniques presented in the earlier module and the critical assessment of results in order to draw reliable conclusions. The skills are developed in the context of experiments that support topics covered in lecture courses.

Learning outcomes

After taking this module students should be able to:

perform simple experiments in physics
apply basic error analysis to measurements
draw appropriate conclusions from results
present work in written accounts

Additional learning activities

As for PH05010

Outline syllabus

The module comprises a set of experiments from different areas of Physics including Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves and Electricity and Magnetism, which students carry out in rotation during the course of the semester. For presentation of the work each student is expected to keep a Laboratory Diary noting the detailed progress of each experiment and also present formal written reports on specified experiments.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Keller, Gettys and Skove. Physics Classical and Modern. McGraw-Hill 0070234604