Physics Unit 6B

During an experiment there can be three kind of errors:

1. personal ----> may be due to carelessness 2. Systematic ----> may be due to fault in apparatus 3. Random ---> maybe due to invisible unseen causes to minimize error ----> 1. repeat it again 2. take average what is uncertainty? fault in the apparatus due to limitation of apparatus limitation of apparatus = least count/ precision reliable ---> less error Precise ---> small value less reliable ---> more precise >>> reason: because its difficult to take small measurement! absolute uncertainty = least count = maximum value of uncertainty greater than least count ---> personal error percentage uncertainty = least count/measurement*100

The experiments you need to know:

*Practical 1 Momentum and momentum conservation - large trolleys *Practical 2 Momentum and momentum conservation - small trolleys *Practical 3 Momentum and momentum conservation using a linear air track *Practical 4 Rate of change of momentum using a linear air track Practical 5 Rate of change of momentum using a *trolley *Practical 6 Centripetal force - whirling bung *Practical 7 Centripetal force - rotating trolley *Practical 8 Measuring the charge stored by a capacitor *Practical 9 Effect of length and current on the force on a wire in a magnetic field *Practical 10 Specific heat capacity of a liquid *Practical 11 Specific heat capacity of a solid *Practical 12 The relationship between the pressure and temperature of a gas *Practical 13 The relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas *Practical 14 Measurement of the activity of a radioactive source *Practical 15 Simulation of radioactive decay *Practical 16 Graphical representation of simple harmonic motion *Practical 17 Forced oscillations *Practical 18 Investigating damped oscillations

DON'T forget to practice questions from sample assessment of Unit 6B, June 2010 and Jan 2010 Papers!

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