BSc Physics Practical Part - I

Mechanics

To determine the surface tension of water by capillary rise method

To determine the value of ‘g’ by compound pendulum

To find radius of gyration and moment of inertia of compound pendulum

To determine the elastic constant i.e. Modulus of rigidity of a wire by a spiral spring.

To determine the elastic constant i.e. Young’s Modulus of a wire by a spiral spring.

To determine the modulus of rigidity of a wire by oscillating rod (dynamic method)

To determine the modulus of rigidity of a wire by static method

To determine the modulus of rigidity of the material of a wire by Maxwell’s needle (dynamic method)

Heat

To calibrate a given thermos-couple using a potentiometer

To determine the value of ‘J’ (Mechanical equivalent of heat) by Callendar and Barner’s electrical
method with compensation for heat loss.

Sound

To determine the frequency of A.C. supply by electric sonometer

To determine the frequency of A.C. supply by Melde’s experiment

To determine the velocity of sound by Kundet’s tube

Optics

To determine the vertical distance between two points by sextant

To determine the wavelength of sodium light by Newton’s rings

To determine the wavelength of sodium light by Fresnel’s biprisim

To determine the wavelength of sodium light by diffraction grating using spectrometer

To determine the specific the specific rotation of sugar or glucose solution by Laurent’s half-shade
polarimeter

To determine the resolving power of a diffraction grating

To determine the radius of Lycopodium particles

Electricity and magnetism

To measure the high resistance using a neon flash bulb and capacitor (condenser)

To plot I-H curve by deflection magnetometer

To convert a Weston type galvanometer into an ammeter reading upto 1 ampere (0-.1 amp. Range)

To convert a moving coil (Weston type) galvanometer into voltmeter reading upto 3 volts (0-3 volts
range)

To calibrate an ammeter using a potentiometer

To calibrate an voltmeter using a potentiometer

To determine the unknown low resistance by Carey Foster Bridge

To determine the charge sensitivity of a ballistic galvanometer taking into account the logarithmic
decrement

To compare the capacitances of two capacitors by ballistic galvanometer

To determine the temperature co-efficient of a resistance

To measure the strength (or flux density) of the magnetic field by search coil method or fluxmeter
method

To measure the value of horizontal component ‘H’ of earth’s magnetic field by an earth inductor.

BSc Practical Part II

To study the variation of photo- electron current with intensity of light using a photocell.

To determine the Planck’s constant (h) using a spectrometer

To determination the e/m (ratio of charge to mass) electron by deflection method

To determine the ionization potential of mercury

Setup of an RLC series circuit. Draw its frequency response curve and find the values of resonance
frequency band width and quality factor

Setup of an RLC parallel circuit. Draw its frequency response curve and find the values of resonance
frequency band width and quality factor

To draw the characteristics curve of Geiger-Muller tube (G.M. Tube) and indicate its plateau region

To set up a half-wave and full-wave rectifier and demonstrate the wave shape on C.R.O. Also study the
effect of smoothing current (capacitive filter) and the ripple voltage.

To set up a transistor oscillator and measurement of its frequency by using C.R.O.(oscilloscope)

To set up a triode value as a single stage voltage amplifier and measurement of its gain by an
oscilloscope.

To draw the characteristics of a semi-conductor diode and compare it with that of vacuum tube diode

Calculate the forward and calculate the forward and reverse resistance from the graph

To set up a single stage amplifier and measurement of voltage gain

To determine the range of α - particles.

To calculate the stopping power for α – particles in air equivalent of Mica, Ag, Cu and aluminum using an
pulse electroscope

To determine the absorption co-efficient of β - particles.

To study the voltage-current characteristics of an electric discharge in gases at low pressure

To produce vacuum and its rough measurement with manometer

To produce X-rays and show their effect on the fluorescent screen

To set up a high - frequency oscillator and measure its frequency with a wave-meter