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PHYSICS EXPERIMENT-05 (CONCAVE MIRROR)

The document outlines a physics practical experiment for Std. XII students at Dr. A.N. Khosla DAV Public School, focusing on determining the value of v for various u values using a concave mirror and calculating its focal length. It includes a list of required apparatus, theoretical background, detailed procedural steps, observation tables for recording data, and precautions to ensure accurate measurements. The experiment aims to illustrate the relationship between object distance (u), image distance (v), and focal length (f) as described by the mirror formula.

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PHYSICS EXPERIMENT-05 (CONCAVE MIRROR)

The document outlines a physics practical experiment for Std. XII students at Dr. A.N. Khosla DAV Public School, focusing on determining the value of v for various u values using a concave mirror and calculating its focal length. It includes a list of required apparatus, theoretical background, detailed procedural steps, observation tables for recording data, and precautions to ensure accurate measurements. The experiment aims to illustrate the relationship between object distance (u), image distance (v), and focal length (f) as described by the mirror formula.

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DR. A.N.

KHOSLA DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL, ROURKELA


SESSION: 2024-25
PHYSICS PRACTICAL FOR STD. XII
EXPERIMENT – 05
AIM- To find the value of v for different values of u in case of a concave mirror and to find the focal length.

APPARATUS REQUIRED
• An optical bench
• a concave mirror with mirror holder
• two optical needles
• a metre scale.

RAY DIAGRAM

THEORY

The relation between u, v and f for a concave mirror is

1 1 1
= +
𝑓 𝑣 𝑢

Where
f = focal length of concave mirror
u = distance of object needle from the pole of the mirror
v = distance of image needle from the pole of the mirror.

PROCEDURE :

• Obtain the image of the tree or the building on a white painted wall (screen) and move the mirror forward
and backward to get a sharp image on the wall.
• Measure the distance between the mirror and the wall (screen). This will be equal to the rough focal length
of the mirror.
• Clamp the holder with mirror in a fixed upright and keep the upright at 50 cm mark and adjust the mirror
such that its surface is vertical and perpendicular to the length of the optical bench.
• Take the thin optical needle (object needle) and adjust height of the object needle to make its tip lie on
horizontal line through the pole of the mirror.
• Note the position of the index mark on the base of the object needle upright.
• With left eye closed, see with the right open eye from the same side of the object, an inverted and enlarged
image of the object needle will be seen. Tip of the image must lie in the middle of the mirror.
• Mount the thick optical needle (image needle) on the same side of the object and adjust the height of the
image needle so that its tip is seen in line with the tip of the image when seen with right open eye.
• Note the position of the index mark on base of the image needle upright.
• Record the position of the index marks on the base of upright of the mirror, the object needle and the image
needle in the observation table.
OBSERVATIONS

POSITION OF
SL.NO. u (cm) v (cm) f (cm) Mean
LENS OBJECT IMAGE (cm)
(cm) NEEDLE (cm) NEEDLE (cm)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

CALCULATIONS

Mean value of focal length,

𝑓1+ 𝑓2 + 𝑓3 + 𝑓4 + 𝑓5 + 𝑓6
f= = .......... cm
6

RESULT

Rough focal length of the given concave mirror = ……. cm

The focal length of the given concave mirror as determined from the mirror formula is found to be ........... cm

PRECAUTIONS

• Tips of the object and image needles should lie at the same height as the centre of the mirror.
• Parallax should be removed from tip to tip by keeping eye at a distance at least 30 cm away from the needle.
• The object needle should be placed at such a distance that only real, inverted image of it is formed.

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