Please come to Lab 213 to pick up your Lab manual in the first week of semester.
If you did not take PHY 2811, get a copy of "Short notes on error analysis".
Use Excel files in download area to practise.
Read also the file "How to write your lab reports?" & "Introduction to 1st-year lab courses" in Download Area.
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The first lab is scheduled in February as shown below & on the first page of lab manual.
Course description
This lab course is designed to help students develop basic skills used in experimental physics,
including data acquisition, graph plotting, data analysis, error analysis and report writing.
The experiments also illustrate the principles taught in the physics courses at the 2000-level.
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
List of Experiments (2010)
| Exp. 1 (Feb. 22 – 24) | Resistivity of metal and semiconductor |
| Exp. 2 (March 1 – 3) | Resistance of tungsten filament in a lamp and black body radiation |
| Exp. 3 (March 8 – 10) | Hall effect |
| Exp. 4 (March 15 – 17) | Verification of Ampere's law |
| Exp. 5 (March 22 – 24) | e/m ratio of electron |
| Exp. 6 (March 29 – 31) | Verification of Faraday's law |
| Exp. 7 (April 12 – 14) | Measurement of half-life of a radioactive source |
| ------ (April 19 – 21) | Short Equipment Test |
Assessment
80%: Preparation, Performance in Lab & Lab reports
20%: one test on use of basic equipment
Course Planning & Content
Laboratory Sessions
PHY 2822A, Monday 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm, SC 213 & 215
PHY 2822B, Tuesday 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm, SC 213 & 215
PHY 2822C, Wednesday 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm, SC 213 & 215
* TAs will be on duty at 2:00 pm - 6:30 pm for the lab sessions.
Teacher
Manager
Technician
Teaching Assistants (on duty in lab)
Group A: Lai Kwing To (黎烱韜)*, Leung Ching Yee (梁靜儀) & Chang Kwong Wa (張光華)
Group B: Chan Siu Kit (陳兆傑)*, Chu Wai Siu (朱瑋韶), Luk Wing Hong (陸永康) &
Group C: Wong Chi Ching (黃芷菁)* & Tao Yin (陶寅)
* On duty from 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Chan Siu Kit (陳兆傑), skchan@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SC115A
Chang Kwong Wa (張光華), kwchang@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SCG12
Chu Wai Siu (朱瑋韶), wschu@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SC224
Lai Kwing To (黎烱韜), ktlai@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SCG12
Leung Ching Yee (梁靜儀), cyleung2@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SC224
Luk Wing Hong (陸永康), whluk@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SC114
Tao Yin (陶寅), ytao@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SC113
Wong Chi Ching (黃芷菁), ccfwong@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SC224
Teaching Assistants (report grading)
Group A: Zhuang Junping (莊俊平) (Exp. 1,2,3 & 4), Liang Hui (梁慧) (Exp. 5), & Cheng Dalong (程大龍) (Exp. 6 & 7)
Group B: Huang Shidi (黃仕迪) (Exp. 1,2,3 & 4), Liang Hui (梁慧) (Exp. 5), & Cheng Dalong (程大龍) (Exp. 6 & 7)
Group C: Qi Pengfei (齊鵬飛)
Cheng Dalong (程大龍), dlcheng@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SC114
Huang Shidi (黃仕迪), sdhuang@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SCG12
Liang Hui (梁慧), hliang@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SCG11
Qi Pengfei (齊鵬飛), pfqi@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SCG11
Zhuang Junping (莊俊平), jpzhuang@phy.cuhk.edu.hk, Office: SC113
References (all reserved at UL)
L. Kirkup, Data Analysis with Excel, (Q180.55S7K57 2002) (highly recommended)
John R. Taylor, An introduction to error analysis: the study of uncertainties in physical measurements (QA275.T38 1982)
L. Lyons, A practical guide to Data analysis for physical science students (QC33L9 1991)
D.C. Baird, “Experimentation” (QC39B17 1995)
Learning Outcomes
Learn basic skills used in experimental physics.
Learn basic instrumentation in physics lab.
Learn how to collect, analyze & handle (plot) data and estimate errors by Excel.
Learn how to write a short report.
Use experiments to illustrate the principles taught in the physics courses at the 2000-level.
Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
Attention is drawn to University policy and regulations on honesty in academic work,
and to the disciplinary guidelines and procedures applicable to breaches of such policy
and regulations. Details can be found at
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/
