Experiment To find the focal length of concave lens using a convex lensS.

Apparatus
An optical bench, four uprights, a convex lens, a concave lens,
metre rod.
knitting needle, a

Theory
When an optical placed at a distance slightly
needle O is
a real and inverted
more than the focal length of convex leps L,

image I' is formed at a distance beyond 2F. If the given

concave

lens L, is placed in between the gónvex lens and the image I'.
Concave lens diverge the rays påssing through it and the image
shifted to I. Fig. 6.10
Thus concave lens fofms a real image I of virtual object I.
Fig. 6.10D
SoC,I=u, CI =, find the value of fusing the relation

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MIRRORS AND LENSES
 Propedure that the
c o m b i n a t i o n is
Find rough
convex. Find
is c o n v e x .rough focal
iens and a concave lens of such focal lengths
vex
length of convex lens.
Place a needle
O on the optical bench at a distance lless
lens the optical bench in a n upright. SIde or the lens.
d e e convex
on
inverted image from the other
its rough focal length. Look for the O
and needle
din tWice
Remove parallax between the image or
side of the lens.
3 ace second needle I' on the opposite
Note the position I'.
lens and the
needle. Look
from the side
just sthe
of I' Adiust
concave lens in between the
convex

Ven ofO becomes visibe

POSItion of concave lens so that inverted image parallax betwee
remove
needle I s o a s to een
O fixed. Adjust the position of
5. cep convex lens and the needle

image of O and the needle I. Note the positionsJ. lens in each

observation.
from convex
distance of O
d e rour such observations by changing
needle.
concave lens and the
7. Find index correction between

Observations and Calculations

I.9.cm.
Rough focal length of convex lens
needie r Cm
Actual length of knitting w w w w . C m .

and. l,-y
Obs. length of knitting needle between-eoncave lens ..Cifl.
IndexCorrection

u = C,I v=C Vu
Positions of

(cm)
(cm)
(cm)
Corre-
fu-
Obser-
S.No. Obser- Corre-
(cm)
Concave Needle Needle ved cted
ved cted
at I' at I
lens C 4.2S-I5-02
9-3
73 6.41o 42
1. 42 7 5 6- 9 9|/ 2:579
S6 S6
2 9-2 7S fa-15
5 5
3. 53 55 S Mean focal lengthf= -(cm)
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