Experiments

Most Free Choice experiments are one weight [1 wt], which means that we expect that you can complete the  the experiment within one three-hour session. The data-taking can certainly be completed within this time, but you may have to spend time outside the lab hours completing the data analysis and final conclusions, etc.  Two weight experiments require two three-hour sessions. A two weight experiment counts as two one weight experiments.   

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION of all available Free Choice experiments is available.

Guide sheets for the free choice experiments are available from the following table in portable data format (pdf). You can read and print these pdf files using Acrobat Reader which can be freely downloaded to your PC from the Adobe Acrobat web site.

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Experiments which are highlighted are on the second floor and others are on the first floor.

 

List of Experiments - Book an Experiment

 

Mechanics and Mechanical Systems

 

 

Properties of Matter

 

 

Wave Phenomena

 

 

Atomic and Nuclear Physics

 

 

Fundamental constants

 

Conservation of Angular Momentum [1 wt]

Free Fall [1 wt]

The Gyroscope [1-2 wt]

Mechanical Equivalent of Heat [1 wt]

Mechanical Oscillations - Resonance and Ringing in a Tuning Fork [1 wt]

Moment of Inertia [1 wt]

Oscillations of a Sphere on a Concave Surface [1 wt]

The Torsion Pendulum [1 wt]

Wilberforce Pendulum [1-2 wt]

Similarity [2 wt]

Surface Tension [1 wt]

Vapour Pressure of Water [1 wt]

Viscosity of Water by Capillary Flow [1 wt]

The Acoustic Interferometer [1 wt]

Electron Diffraction [1 wt]

Microwave Optics [1-2wt]

Physics of Sound [1-2 wt]

Waves - Steady or Pulsed, Standing or Travelling [1 wt]

Scattering [1-2 wt]

X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Absorption in Matter [1 wt]

The Cavendish Experiment [2 wt]