PHYS 401 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Week of # of Weeks Lab Title Downloads Point Value
August 26 1 Introduction to Classical Physics (PHYS 401) Course Write-up
Error analysis I
Lab Notebook and Report manual
Sample report
Curve fitting (OriginLab site)
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September 2 1 Transients in RLC Circuits Write-up
Origin v8.6 manual
Fitting_slide1
Fitting_slide2
50 points
September 9 1 Frequency domain analysis of linear circuits using synchronous detection.
(No Lecture this week - Labor Day Holiday)
RLC lab report should be submitted electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day.
Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section
Write-up
SR830 Manual
Scofield paper
100 points
September 16 1 Pulses in transmission lines Frequency analysis lab report should be submitted
electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day.
Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section
Write-up 100 points
September 23 1 of 2 Millikan Oil Drop Experiment / Week 1 Transmission lines lab report should be submitted
electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day.
Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section
Write-up
PASCO manual
Millikan1
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September 30 2 of 2 Millikan Oil Drop Experiment / Week 2   100 points
October 7 1 of 2 Torsion Oscillator / Week 1 Millikan oil drop lab report should be submitted
electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day.
Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section
Write-up --
October 14 2 of 2 Torsion Oscillator / Week 2   100 points
October 21 1 Hall Probe Measurement of Magnetic Fields Torsion oscillator lab report should be submitted
electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day.
Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section
Write-up
Mathematica workbook (v8)
100 points
October 28 1 of 2  Qualitative Studies with Microwaves / Week 1 Hall probe lab report should be submitted
electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day.
Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section
   
November 4 2of 2 Microwave Cavities / Week 2 Write-up --
November 12 1 of3 Final Project - AC Measurement of Magnetic Susceptibility / Week 1 Microwave lab report should be submitted
electronically not later than midnight of your Lab day.
Notebooks should be submitted in the beginning of the Lab section
Write-up 150 points
November 18 2 of 3 Final Project - AC Measurement of Magnetic Susceptibility / Week 2 Write-up
SR830 Manual
300 points
November 25   Thanksgiving break   --
December 2 3 of 3 Final Project - AC Measurement of Magnetic Susceptibility / Week 3    
December 15   Final week: Final Project Reports due on Decembe  15th at 11:59 p.m.
Reports should be submitted to

https://my.physics.illinois.edu/courses/upload/.
  Total: 1000 points