PHY 1321 Chapter Notes - Chapter Lab: Measuring Instrument, Henry Gastineau, Picket Fence
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The purpose of this experiment is to practice basic experimental measurements, calculation techniques and result presentation methods (tables, graphs, etc. ) that will be useful during the whole semester. Most of the subjects covered during this experiment are presented in the following tutorials: These documents are available in the tutorial section at the brightspace physics laboratory website. Students should read these tutorials before coming to their lab session. In this part, you will make length measurements using a meter stick, a vernier caliper and a micrometer. You will learn how to report the uncertainty of your measurements and how to use them to perform error calculations when calculating the density of some unknown materials. The ter(cid:373) (cid:862)(cid:272)u(cid:271)e(cid:863) is used i(cid:374) this e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)t for si(cid:373)pli(cid:272)it(cid:455). The first o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t you will measure is actually a parallelepiped which may have different side lengths. You will be measuring the lengths of each side separately for your calculations.