List of Practical’s
G.C.E (A/L) Physics
- Measurements using the Vernier calipers
- Measurements using the micrometer screw - guage
- Measurements using the Spherometer
- Measurements travelling microscope
- Verification of the law of parallelogram of forces and hence determination of the weight of a given body
- Determination of the weight of a body using the principle of moments
- Determination of the relative density of a liquid using the U-Tubes
- Determination of the relative density of a liquid using the Hare’s apparatus
- Determination of the density of a liquid the hydrometer / a weighted test tube
- Determination of the acceleration due to gravity using the simple pendulum
- Verification of the relationship between a mass suspended from a helical spring and its period of oscillation
- Determination of the frequency of a tuning fork using the sonometer
- Verification of the relationship between the vibrating length and the frequency of a stretched wire using the sonometer
- Determination of the velocity of sound in air and the end correction of the tube using a closed tube and one tuning fork
- Determination of the velocity of sound in air and the correction of the tube using a closed tube and a set of tuning fork
- Determination of refractive index of glass using a rectangular glass block and the travelling microscope
- Investigation of the deviation of a ray of light through a prism and hence determination of its angle of minimum deviation
- Determination of the refractive index of the material of a prism by the critical angel method
- Adjustment of a spectrometer and hence determination of the angle of a prism
- Determination of the angle of minimum deviation of prism using the spectrometer and finding the refractive of the focal length of the lens
- Location of the position of image formed by the method of no-parallax, and hence determination of the focal length of the lens
- Determination of atmospheric pressure using the quill tube
- Investigation of the relationship between the volume and temperature of a gas at constant pressure
- Verification of the relationship between the pressure and temperature of a gas at constant volume
- Determination of the specific heat capacity of a solid by the method of mixture
- Determination of the specific heat capacity of a liquid by the method of cooling
- Determination of the specific latent heat of fusion of ice by the method of mixture
- Determination of the specific latent heat of vapourization of water by the method of mixtures
- Determination of relative humidity of air using a polished calorimeter
- Determination of thermal conductivity of a metal by Searle’s method
- Determination of the internal resistance and the electromotive force of a dry cell
- Determination of two resistance using the meter bridge
- Determination of the temperature coefficient of resistance of a metal using the meter bridge
- Comparison of electromotive forces using the potentiometer
- Comparison of resistances using the potentiometer
- Determination of the internal resistance of a cell using the potentiometer
- Determination of very small electromotive forces using the potentiometer
- Construction of the I-V curve of a semiconductor diode
- Construction of the transfer characteristic curve between Ib and Ic using a transistor in the common emitter configuration
- experimental investigation of the truth tables of simple logic gates
- determination of the young’s modulus of a metal (steel) in the form of a wire
- determination of the coefficient of viscosity of a liquid (water) by the capillary flow method using Poiseuille’s formula
- determination of surface tension of water using a microscope slide
- determination of surface tension of a soap solution using a wire frame
- determination of surface tension of water by capillary rise method
- determination of surface tension of liquid by Jaeger’s method
