General Physics Laboratory Report

EXPERIMENT

DETERMINING THE DENSITY OF SOLIDS

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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)
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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)
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∆ V ∆ π 2( D . ∆ D+d . ∆ d) ∆ h
= + + =δ
V π D2−d2 h
=> ∆ V =δ . V =… … …(m3)

For steel ball:

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V = π d3 =… … …(m 3 )
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∆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