Conceptual physics experiments

1 INTRODUCTION

2 DATA AND ERRoR
2.1 Measurement and Measurement Errors
2.2 Characteristics of Errors
2.2.1 Indeterminate Errors£¯Random Errors
2.2.2 Determinate Errors£¯Systematic Errors
2.3 Measurement Uncertainty
2.4 Significant Figures
2.5 Methods of Data Analysis
2.5.1 Graphin9
2.5.2 Linear Relations
2.5.3 Non.1 inear relations

3 CLASSICAL EXPERIMENTS
3.1 Mechanics
3.1.1 Measurement£ºLength and Density of a Solid Substance
3.1.2 Collisions£ºConservation of Linear Momentum
3.1.3 Measurement of Rotational Inertia of Rigid Body
3.1.4 The Determination of Liquid Surface Tension Coefficient
3.1.5 Measuring Youn9'S Modulus with a Stretching Method
3.1.6 Pendulum Measurements
3.2 Thermal and Wave
3.2.1 Interference Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Measurement
3.2.2 Determining the Specific Heat Capacity of Air
3.2.3 Standing Waves
3.2.4 Acoustic Resonance
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