Paper 5: Laboratory

Laboratory: Credit-1 (Minimum 5 experiments are to be done)

Syllabus

To determine the frequency of an electric tuning fork by Melde’s experiment and verify 2-T law.
To plot the I-D curve and to determine the refractive index of a prism
To determine refractive index of the Material of a prism using sodium source.
To determine the dispersive power and Cauchy constants of the material of a prism using mercury source.
To determine wavelength of sodium light using Newton’s Rings.
To determine wavelength of (1) Na source and (2) spectral lines of Hgsource using plane diffraction grating.
To determine dispersive power and resolving power of a plane diffraction grating.

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A Laboratory Manual of Physics for undergraduate classes, D. P. Khandelwal, 1985, Vani

Record-5 marks, Viva-5 marks, Experiment-15marks

1. To determine the frequency of an electric tuning fork by Melde's experiment.

2. To plot the I-D curve and to determine the refractive index of a prism.

3. To determine refractive index of the Material of a prism using sodium source.

4. To determine the dispersive power and Cauchy constants of thematerial of a prism using mercury source.

5. To determine wavelength of sodium light using Newton's Rings.

6. To determine wavelength of (1) Na source and (2) spectral lines of $Hg$ source using plane diffraction grating.

7. To determine dispersive power and resolving power of a plane diffraction grating.