Welcome to Applied Physics Lab at IGDTUW
Important Instructions:
- There is no minimum criterion for the number of experiments to be completed. Given the time available, you are expected to perform as many as you can.
- There will be continuous assessment of your performance during the practical classes, not just a one-time exam at the end.
- On the day of the final practical exam, you must attempt a 30-minute online MCQ. Depending on your result, you may or may not be required to perform an experiment that day.
- You must bring your practical file and graph assignment pad on the day of the practical exam.
- Instructions for Maintenance of Practical Notebook
- Do not use pencil to take the observations; you should report all observations in pen.
- Always report the least count of the instrument wherever it is possible to measure the least count.
- If more than one person is doing the same experiment and sharing the apparatus, take your own readings. Do not copy the observations from your partner.
- Directly report the observations in your practical notebook. Do not take the observations at the back of a register, in a common diary, etc., as you may lose it.
- If the apparatus uses a vernier, report the main scale and vernier scale reading separately. You can club them together later on in the calculations, but first just record what you have observed.
- Get your lab record checked uniformly throughout the semester. No file will be checked one week before the final practical exams.
- The explanation of each formula, figure, etc., should be complete in all respects in the practical record notebook.
- Even if some apparatus are not available in the lab for some experiments, you are expected to have theoretical knowledge about the experiment.
- If any experiment does not have too many variables to be set, repeat the experiment and take at least three observations.
- Do not copy the procedure/theory/diagram verbatim from the practical textbooks. See what changes are needed in the diagram, theory, etc., in accordance with the apparatus given to you. Apply those changes before reporting them in the file.
- If the formula requires some constants like specific heat of brass, etc., check it in some practical textbook.
- Report all your results in SI units.