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- The notebook should be a record of what you did in the lab. It's main purpose is as a permanent reference that will help you (and potentially others) to understand how an experiment was run and what was observed. It will be critical if you write up a report or return to continue the experiment at a later date.
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What is a lab notebook? The notebook should be a record of what you did in the lab. It's main purpose is as a permanent reference that will help you (and potentially others) to understand how an experiment was run and what was observed. It will be critical if you write up a report or return to continue the experiment at a later date.
1. A well-maintained lab notebook. The first and the foremost step in becoming a competent and skilled experimentalist is to almost religiously maintain a lab notebook. Depending on how long and complicated the experiment is, you should obtain a notebook with enough pages.
The principal purpose of this handbook is to provide all the relevant information about Physlab and its operations for a new member in the family. What is Physlab? Physlab is the name of Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar’s research, development, and teaching laboratory. It was established in 2007. www.physlab.org. Social Media Presence
- 1 Learning outcomes
- Mathematical and physical
- Engineering and practical
- 2 Website
- 3 Mathematical computing
- 4 Error analysis
- 5 Data acquisition
- 7 Guidelines for practical work inside the Lab
- 8 Lab Safety
- 9 How to read the Lab manual
Experimental Physics 1 is a modern, lab-based physics course where all the SSE students will be exposed to a variety of techniques, concepts and skills in the experimental sciences. At the end of the course, the students will be able to do the following.
Demonstrate a keen appreciation of physical quantities, their dimensions and units. Perform simple statistical analysis of data including calculating means, mean squares and correlations. Mathematically understand physical processes and corroborating them with linear, ex-ponential, sinusoidal and polynomial models. Accurately represent experimental...
Design simple experiments to test physical ideas. Understand the signi cance of various kinds of materials (ceramics, plastics, metals, conductors, insulators) in the design of hardware. Perform experiments safely. Demonstrate the ability to work in teams. Use locally available resources including materials and craftsmanship to build new projects.
The course website is http://www.physlab.org You are responsible for visiting the website regularly, at least twice a week. Announcements and course information will be uploaded here. The website contains a list of experiments as well as the following supporting material. Lab manuals Matlab codes Labview VI's (virtual instruments) Further reading a...
The laboratory course uses MATLAB as the computing environment. All students are ex-pected to gain a minimum level of pro ciency in MATLAB. For this purpose, we have dedi-cated one week to a lecture based demonstration of MATLAB followed by practice labs. The practice labs are conducted by the lab instructors.
Errors and uncertainties lie at the heart of experimental physics. A one week is devoted to a lecture based exercise on predicting and analyzing errors. Refer to the online time table for more details.
Some of our experiments use data acquisition (DAQ) hardware and software. On the overall, students are expected to treat the DAQ systems as black boxes, although the more energetic and forward-looking students will be attracted towards a deeper understanding of DAQ. Furthermore, the experiment on Electronics, in fact, also serves as a veiled introd...
The Experimental Physics 1 Lab is an intensive, high-enrollment and busy experimental environment. So following guidelines are aimed at enhancing the overall value of this course. Lab manual: Students must actively read the lab manual before coming for the experi-ment (See the next Section). They are also required to bring the manual with them to t...
Shoes are required at all times. Food and drink are not permitted in the lab at any time. Any tobacco use is forbidden in the lab at any time. Do not come in the lab early unless the instructor is present. Keep the windows in the laboratory rooms closed at all times. Do not wear loose hair or clothing around moving equipment. Do not place equipment...
Each experiment comes with a Lab manual. As a pre-lab exercise, the student must read the entire lab manual (for the forthcoming experiment). These manuals are available from the website. They can either be downloaded and printed (on personal printers or printers located in the IST) or the consolidated booklet containing all lab manuals can be purc...
Your group will record observations, data, photos, and calculations in an electronic lab notebook. This notebook will be useful in discussions with your TA and for drawing conclusions at the end of project, but it is a working document that is not expected to be perfect, polished or even correct.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A LAB NOTEBOOK? Record keeping is an essential part of the scientific process. The laboratory notebook is the primary medium for keeping these records -- facilitating the recording of a range of different activities, crucial to doing effective science.
Writing A Lab Report. 1 Introduction. The lab report is a concise description of the experiment you have done and the results. There is no bonus for excessive length. In fact you will probably be penalized for an overly wordy unorganized report. Neatness and readability are important.
