LAB MANUAL FOR PHY 106
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Laboratory Information
Lab
1A Vernier
and Micrometer: Complete before class
Lab
1 Measurements and
Calculations
Lab
2 Behr Free Fall Apparatus
Lab
3 The
Pendulum
Lab
4 Friction
Lab
5 Simple Machines
Lab
6 Specific Heat
Lab
7 Latent Heat of Fusion and
Vaporization
Lab
8 Linear Expansion
Lab
9 Vibrating Strings
Lab
10 Resonance of Air Columns
Lab
11 Sonometer
Lab
12 Lenses
Lab
13 Ohm’s Law
Lab
14 Magnetic Fields
Appendix
I Lab Report Format
Appendix
II Significant Digits and
Experimental Error
Appendix
III Graphing
Appendix
IV Useful Data
Appendix V