Laboratory Manual: Physics 121-122 |
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absolute error acceleration adjust angle apparatus average velocity axes axis ball beam block cal/mole-°C calculate center of gravity charge distribution collisions constant converging lens convex mirror cylinders data of step Data sheet degrees of freedom determine displacement distance double-log graph electric intensity equation experimental focal length force F graph paper hanger horizontal inertia instantaneous velocity kinetic energy kinetic theory knife edges laboratory logarithms m/sec magnitude mass mean free path measured meter moment of inertia momentum motion number of cars number of molecules number of significant obtain oscillation percent error period plane plotted plummet procedure projectile Questions EXPERIMENT radius of curvature rays relative error result rotation scale significant figures simple harmonic motion slope spark specific heat spherometer straight line surface telescope temperature thermal conductivity thermal energy torque unbalanced force variable vertical viscosity weight wire y-intercept Young's modulus zero