Preliminary information

General information about General Physics Laboratory (LPF)

General Physics Laboratory Regulations
Safety Rules in the General Physics Laboratory
List of exercises

Instructions

The working instructions available below show how to perform a specific exercise, with particular emphasis on the construction and operation of the measuring devices and systems used in it.

Copies of the exercise instructions, available on the website in electronic versions in PDF format for download, are located at each exercise station.

No. Exercise title
001Determination of moment of inertia of physical pendulum and verification of parallel axis theorem
008Determination of viscosity of fluid by Stokes' law
020aThermocouple scaling and water solidification temperature determination
028Determination of the thermal conductivity of insulators
029Determination of thermal expansion coefficient and investigation of heat transfer
030Measurement of temperature using optical pyrometer
031Verification of Stefan-Boltzmann's law
032Determination of Stefan-Boltzmann constant
033aMeasurement of surface tension: tear-off method
033cMeasurement of surface tension: stalagmometric method
037The Seebeck effect investigation and the thermoelectric module application for the thermal-to-electrical energy conversion
044The measurement of the dependence of resistivity of metals and semiconductors on temperature
048Determination of the Planck constant using electroluminescent diodes
053Ohm’s law for alternating current
054Investigation of electromagnetic resonance phenomenon
057cInvestigation of Hall effect
081aDetermination of radius of curvature of the lens and the wavelength of light using the Newton’s rings
081bDetermination of radius of curvature of the lens and the wavelength of light using the Newton’s rings
084Determination of a wavelength using a diffraction grating
091Investigation of external photoelectric effect
100aDetermination of Solid State Density
100bFundamental electrical measurements
104Photovoltaic effect – solar cell
105X-RAY Spectroscopy
106Liquid crystal modulator
107Determination of planck’s constant using planck’s law of black-body radiation

Theoretical basis of exercises

The descriptions available below contain a basic theoretical description of the physical phenomena observed and used in a specific experiment, a short description of the course of the exercise and tasks to be performed while processing the measurement results..

No. Exercise title
001Determination of moment of inertia of physical pendulum and verification of parallel axis theorem
008Determination of viscosity of fluid by Stokes' law
020aThermocouple scaling and water solidification temperature determination
028Determination of the thermal conductivity of insulators
029Determination of thermal expansion coefficient and heat transfer investigation
033Measurement of surface tension
044The measurement of the dependence of resistance of metals and semiconductors on temperature
048Determination of Planck constant based on current-voltage characteristics of leds
053Ohm’s law for alternating current
054Investigation of electromagnetic resonance phenomenon
057/057cInvestigation of Hall effect
081Determination of radius of curvature of the lens and the wavelength of light using the Newton’s rings
084Determination of a wavelength using a diffraction grating
091Investigation of external photoelectric effect
104Photovoltaic effect – solar cell

Materials useful for preparing reports

Reports in PDF format should be downloaded and brought printed to laboratory classes.

Example of a report cover page
Example of an exercise no.8
Uncertainties
Accuracy of meters used in LPF
Linear regression in Excel