PHYS 204 - Physics II Laboratory
Equipment List
Equipment listed is for each of eight (8) identical student
table stations unless otherwise noted .
Lab 1: Electric Charge & Electrostatics
Lab 2: Equipotentials and Electric Fields
Lab 3: Fundamentals of Circuits I
Note 1: Set up a current demonstration table with these items:
- Pasco High Voltage Power supply
- Parallel Plate Air Capacitor
- Aluminum or Graphite covered styrofoam ball on string
- Braun Electroscope
Note 2: Have extra D cells handy.
Lab 4: Fundamentals of Circuits II
Lab 5: Fundamentals of Circuits III
Note 1: Set the current limit on the Power Supply to about half of
the maximum.
Lab 6: Fundamentals of Circuits IV - Kirchoff's Circuit Rules
Lab 7: Capacitors & RC Circuits
Note 1: Put the large alumininum "Computer" capacitors out on the center table.
Lab 8: AC Signals
Lab 9: Resonant Circuits
Lab 10: Introduction to Light
Note 1: Use the type 605 6V lamps - they're bright.
Lab 11: Lenses & Images
Note 1: Move computer keyboards, mice, monitors out of the way if
possible. Computers are not used for any more labs and may be turned off.
Lab 12: Atomic Spectra
Note 1: Put out 8 Deuterium sources and a variety of Argon, Helium,
Mercury Vapor, etc. to be distributed among the lab tables.
Note 2: Don't use the slit; it makes it hard to line up the
spectral line sources with the slit so you can see any light.
Note 3: Note down the light source (He, D2, Ne, etc) on a piece
of masking tape on the bench.
Note 4: Allow 3+ hours for setup.
Note 5: Set up a demonstration consisting of 2 or more lasers (different
colors), lab jacks, and the "Cornell" multiple diffraction grating/slit
screen.
Note 6: Use care when putting the Diffraction Grating in the Test
Tube Clamp. The Test Tube Clamp has a screw thread that should be pointed in
toward the wall, not out where it can poke somebody's face.
Note 7: Place the screen a little less than a meter from the aisle-side
bench edge, to give it a good distance for viewing.
Note 8: Put out the two incandescent sources on variacs, set them
up on the two back benches along with the atomic spectra sources.
Lab 13: Radioactive Half-Life
Note 1: Immediately before class, take 3 Cs-137 sources and elute
bottles from S231 and move them to classroom
Note 2: Assist the instructor by doling out the radioactive solution
for the students, then disposing of it when the experiment is done. Allow at
least 4 minutes between samples from the same source, as it needs time to regenerate
barium.
Note 3: The eluting solution is just a weak salt (NaCl) water solution.
After several half-lives, no appreciable radiation or hazard remains in the
liquid.
Note 4: Have a 600ml beaker ready for disposal of liquid.
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