Physical Experiment I

Prelab Report

Measurement of the Young’s Modulus of

Lab Title: Wire by Elongating

Your Chinese Name: 邱杨

UESTC ID: 2022360903034

Instructor: Fu Hao

Teaching Assistant: Jin Ruoyan

Date Performed: 2022/4/5

Score:
UESTC Student Number: 2022360903034 Email: 2022360903034@std.uestc.edu.cn
Date: 2022/4/5

Score
Answers to Questions (20 points)

Q1. For a vernier caliper with the smallest division of 0.02mm, its instrument
error is 0.02mm and its reading error is 0.
Q2. Young’s modulus is an inherent material property, which identifies the
relationship between the deformation of a body subject and the load on it.
𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑭×𝑳 𝟖𝑭𝑳𝑫
Its equation is E=𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 = 𝑨×∆𝑳 = 𝝅𝒅𝟐 ∆𝒏𝒃. There are five quantities need be
measured. They are L(the original length of the wire), D(the distance
between the plane mirror and the measuring scale), b((the distance from
the back metal toe to the line between two front metal toes), d(the
diameter of the wire) and ∆𝒏(the difference in readings of measuring
scale between the initial and final situations). I think the most critical
quantity is ∆𝒏. Because it has the least significant figures in the quantities
of the equation of E, its accuracy influences the results most. And in the
experiment, it is measured the most complex using the method of
successive minus.
Q3. It uses the reflection of ray to augment the very small elongation of the
𝟐𝑫
wire. Its magnification is k= 𝒃 , in which D is the distance between the
plane mirror and the measuring scale and b is the distance from the back
metal toe to the line between two front metal toes.