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Determining The Density of Solids: General Physics Laboratory Report

1) This laboratory report details an experiment to determine the density of solids. 2) The experiment involves measuring the mass, dimensions, and calculating the volume of a copper ring and steel ball to then determine their densities. 3) Equations for volume, error propagation, and density calculation are shown. Tables of experimental measurements and calculations of results with uncertainties are presented.

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Determining The Density of Solids: General Physics Laboratory Report

1) This laboratory report details an experiment to determine the density of solids. 2) The experiment involves measuring the mass, dimensions, and calculating the volume of a copper ring and steel ball to then determine their densities. 3) Equations for volume, error propagation, and density calculation are shown. Tables of experimental measurements and calculations of results with uncertainties are presented.

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General Physics Laboratory Report

EXPERIMENT

DETERMINING THE DENSITY OF SOLIDS

Class: ………….…. / Group: ……Team:…. Lecturer’s comment

Full name:
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I. Aims/Purposes:
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II. Method, Equipment and Procedure:
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III. Equations:
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IV. Experimental Data:

Table 1 (for copper ring): Accuracy of Caliper: ....................... (mm)


Experiment D ΔD d Δd h Δh
-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
(10 m) (10 m) (10 m) (10 m) (10 m) (10 m)
1
2
3
Mean

Table 2 (for copper ring): Accuracy of counter balance: ........... (g)


-3 -3
Experiment m (10 kg) Δm(10 kg)
1
2
3
Mean
Table 3 (for steel ball): Accuracy of Caliper: .................(mm)
Accuracy of counter balance:……(g)
….........................
Experiment (g)
d Δd m Δm
-3 -3 -3 -3
(10 m) (10 m) (10 kg) (10 kg)
1
2
3
Mean

V. Calculations:
4.1 Calculating the total absolute errors of the measurement of outside diameter D, inside
diameter d and height h
For copper ring:
∆ D=∆ D sys + ∆ D=… … … … ( 10−3 m )
∆ d=∆ d sys+ ∆ d=… … … … ( 10−3 m )
∆ h=∆ hsys +∆ h=… … … … ( 10−3 m )
For steel ball: ∆ d=∆ d sys+ ∆ d=… … … … ( 10−3 m )
4.2 Calculating the total absolute errors of the measurement of mass m
For copper ring: ∆ m=∆ m sys +∆ m=… … … … ( 10−3 m )
For steel ball: ∆ m=∆ m sys +∆ m=… … … … ( 10−3 m )
4.3 Calculating the density of solids
π=3.14and ∆ π =0.005
For copper ring:
π
V = ( D 2 −d 2 ) h=… … …(m 3)
4
∆ V ∆ π 2( D . ∆ D+d . ∆ d) ∆ h
= + + =δ
V π D2−d2 h
=> ∆ V =δ . V =… … …(m3)

For steel ball:


1
V = π d3 =… … …(m 3 )
6
∆V ∆ π 3∆d
= + =δ
V π d
=> ∆ V =δ . V =… … …(m3)

For calculate the density:


m kg
ρ= =… … …( 3 )
V m
∆ ρ ∆m ∆V
= + =γ
ρ m V
kg
=> ∆ ρ=ρ . γ =… … …( 3 )
m
VI. Conclusions:
kg
ρ=( ρ¿± ∆ ρ)=… … … … … …( )¿
m3

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