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Phy 202
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I'm just wondering how I should go about completing alternative/substitute labs for the rest of the course's subject matter.
Here are the lab experiments that I would have been doing under the standard syllabus recommendations:
- OPTICS:
- - 18a: ph2_initial_waves_and_optics_part_2.htm
- - 18b: index_of_refraction_using_a_liquid_filled_cylinder.htm
- - 19: focusing_light_thru_cylindrical_lens.htm
- - 20: Experiments_25_29.htm (Image Formation; Combining Lenses)
- - 21: Experiments_25_29.htm (Interference)
- ELECTRICITY (& MAGNETISM):
- - 26: ph2_Current_Flow_and_Energy.htm
- - 27: ph2_Capacitors_and_Current_Voltage_and_Energy.htm
- - 28: ph2_Batteries_Circuits_and_Measurement_of_Voltage_and_Current.htm
- - 29: ph2_The_Charging_and_Discharging_of_a_Capacitor.htm
- - 30: ph2_the_RC_circuit.htm
I'm hoping that these labs can be condensed into two or three labs, namely one or two on optics and one on electricity. (If it's possible to knock it out in one lab each, that would of course be nice as far as completing the coursework is concerned, but I understand that covering both concepts in one lab apiece may not be an entirely reasonable goal, and after all, I do want to actually learn the stuff.)
As for why, if it would take three labs to finish, I'd prefer to do two labs on optics and one on electricity rather than vice versa: Each of the tasks re: optics appears easier when taken in isolation, but taken together they're more diverse and don't fit together as well into a single unit as do the electricity ones. The electricity ones are easier to combine for both theoretical and practical reasons:
- For electricity, 27, 29, and 30 represent a follow-on to 26 and 28 and presume the background knowledge of 26 and 28, such that if one does OK on an assignment combining 27, 29, and 30, that's a pretty clear sign that one has the subject matter of 26 and 28 under control.
- Among the items discussed in the electricity section, capacitance is the only concept with which I don't have previous experience, so my familiarity with the concepts in 26 and 28 can probably just be demonstrated in the course of developing familiarity with capacitance. (My father is an EE and taught me a fair amount about the rest when I was younger; I'm not sure why we didn't get into capacitance, but perhaps the reason is as simple as the fact that I hadn't had calculus yet.)
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What I do understand about the situation:
- OK conceptual background in optics; some previous coursework
- More detailed conceptual, mathematical, and practical background in electricity (V = IR, P = VI, series & parallel circuits, rules for hooking up meters [ammeters in series, voltmeters in parallel; otherwise your voltmeter would break your circuit and your ammeter would short it out], basic schematic diagrams, logic circuits [series for and, parallel for or, etc., although I'd have to sit down and think through something like a latch/gate step by step]), although I haven't worked much with capacitors or capacitance equations
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What should I do for lab work re: each of Optics and E[&M]?
Thanks!
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I'm going to defer my response until I've finished responding to other work received today. Having completed that I'll be better able to focus my attention on the task.
If that response doesn't post along with this one, be sure to let me know.
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Phy 202
Your 'question form' report has been received. Scroll down through the document to see any comments I might have inserted, and my final comment at the end.
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Re: equipment for electr. labs
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You asked me to email you today (technically yesterday, as it's early Friday morning) about whether the bookstore is now able to rent out the equipment for use in the experiments re: electricity. I just emailed you; this is the question-form version of my message.
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[My question amounts to asking what the situation is.]
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Thanks for checking in with the bookstore re: whether their lab
equipment re: electricity is available for rental yet. Any word from
them yet?
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Let me know if you didn't get my email. I wasn't able to coordinate with the bookstore today as they close early, but will do so Monday.
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