Lab Course I

Paper Code: 
PHY-315
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to -

This course will enhance the basic practical learning skills of students-learning by doing. This will enable them to plan and execute experiments, handle scientific equipment safely and to the appropriate limit of accuracy.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

PHY 315

Lab course 1 (Practical)

This course will enable the students to -

 

CO87: Assess the validity of physical theories through the design and execution of an experiment, the analysis of uncertainties associated with the measurement of data and the interpretation of the data to draw valid scientific conclusions (lab skills). 

 

CO88: Be able to demonstrate lee’s method and platinum resistance thermometer.

 

CO89: Be able to handle useful equipment’s relate8 to electronics like transistor, Amplifier, logic gates.

Approach in teaching: Demonstration, Group activity, Discussion ,Conduction of Experiments

 

 

 

Learning activities for the students:

Performing Experiments, Observations, Analysis and interpretation of results, Additional learning through online Video/ Virtual Labs.

Class test, Semester end examinations, Viva voce, Practical record file

 
Students are expected to perform any eight experiments from the given list. Two experiments out of the eight will be set in the examination paper.
The duration of the Practical Examination shall be 5 hours.
 
The distribution of marks in the practical examination will be as follows:
 
1.Two experiments :  30 mark each.
2.Distribution of marks will be as follows:
  Figure /Formula/Theory  : 7
  Observations/Calculations   : 16
  Result /Result Analysis         : 5
  Precautions                           : 2
3.Viva -Voce                         : 10
 
Total                         :        70 marks 
 
 
List of Experiments
 
1.Using platinum resistance thermometer, find the melting pint of a given substance.
2.To determine thermal conductivity of a bad conductor by Lee’s method.
3.To determine ‘J’ by Calender and Barne’s method.
4.Determine the thermodynamic constant   = Cp/Cv using Clement’s and Desorm’s method.
5.Study of variation of total thermal radiation with temperature.
6.To plot thermo emf versus temperature graph for Cu-Fe thermo couple and to determine temperature of a hot source (use sand bath). 
7.To study the variation of power transfer to different loads by a D. C. source and to verify maximum power transfer theorem.
8.To study characteristics of a given transition PNP/NPN (CE, CB & CC configuration).
9.To verify laws and network theorems in D C circuits.
10.Study of half wave rectification using single diode and application of L & p section filters.
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