Experimental General Physics

Laboratory Report PHYS 116 Fall 2022

Section: _L51_

Experiment name: Earth magnetic field

Student Name: Sohaila Gaber Student ID 201902015

Date submitted: 17.10.2022

Table of results (1.25 pts)

Graph (1.25 pts)

Data analysis (2 pts)

Discussion (0.5 pt)

References

Others

Report Grade (5 pts)

1. Geometry of the coil

 Radius R of the coil: R= 20 cm ± 0.1 cm

Number of turns n of the coil: n= 154

Permeability of free space: Tm/A

2. Table of Results

u ( cot ( θ ) )
I (A) u(I) (A) u ( θ ) ( rad ) 1/I (1/A) u(1/I) (1/A) cot ( θ ) ( rad ) ( rad )
θ ( rad )

0.04 0.005 0.45 0.03 25 3.12 2.1 0.2

0.05 0.005 0.55 0.03 20 2.00 1.6 0.1
0.06 0.005 0.66 0.03 17 1.38 1.3 0.09
0.07 0.005 0.73 0.03 14 1.02 1.1 0.07
0.08 0.005 0.76 0.03 13 0.781 1.0 0.07

1
3. Graph of cot () vs.
I
1
Plot cot () vs in Excel
I

cot(Ѳ) Vs. 1/I

2.5

2.0
f(x) = 0.0835436459520721 x − 0.0625823132940662
R² = 0.990692966880926
cot(Ѳ)

1.5

1.0

0.5

0.0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26

1/I (1/A)

4. Data analysis
 1
4.1. Uncertainties on and cot()
I
1
Show how you calculate u( ) and u(cot())
I

√( () )
2
1
∂
()u
1
I
=
∂I
I
×u ( I )

() u
1
I
1
= 2 ×u ( I )
I
u ( )
1
=
0.04 0.04
1
2
×u ( 0.005 )=3.1
1
A

1
u ( cot θ )= 2
× u (θ )
sin ( θ )

1
u ( cot θ )= 2
× u ( 0.03 )=0.2
sin ( 0.45 )

4.2. Slope, intercept of the graph and their uncertainties

Give the values of the slope intercept and their uncertainties
 Slope: 0.083 A ± 0.0042A
 Y-intercept: -0.06 ± 0.08

4.3. Value of the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field B h

Calculate Bh based on the value of the slope of the graph and the geometry of the coil
μ0 n
Bh= × S lope
2R
μ0n
A=
2R
Bh= A × S lope
Bh=¿
0.000483 ×0.083

Bh=4.041× 10−5 T

4.4. Uncertainty on Bh.

Calculate u(Bh) based on the value of the slope of the graph and the geometry of the coil. I.e. take u(R)
into account in the calculation.

(√ ( ) )(( ) )
2 2
μ0n μ n
∂ × slope ∂ 0 × slope
2R 2R
u ( Bh )= ×u ( R ) + ×u ( slope )
∂R ∂ slope
 √( )( )
2 2
−μ 0 n slope μ0 n
u ( B h )= × u( R ) + × u ( slope )
2 R2 2R

√( )( )
−7 2 −7 2
−4 × π ×10 × 154 ×0.083 4 × π ×10 × 154
u ( B h )= ×u ( 0.001 ) + ×u ( 0.004 )
2(0.2)
2
2(0.2)
u ( Bh )=0.000002T

4.5. Comparison with the accepted value.

Compare your results to the commonly accepted value of B h. in Doha.

Bh%: = |0.00000.000
0 3−0.0000 0 4
0 03 | x 100 = 18.6%
5. Discussion of the result.
Bh=0.00004 T T was a good figure that was somewhat close to the actual value, which was
18.6%, which was kind of acceptable in this experiment.

Since the quality of our gazing wasn't great enough, we may say that the angel reading was the
primary cause of the significant error rate. Overall, we can say that our experiment had
reasonable quantities.

6. References
 Phys 194 lab manual