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    This physics lab report details an experiment on measurement and uncertainty. The objective was to measure the length and diameter of various objects and determine the uncertainty. Procedures involved using appropriate measurement tools like a ruler, calipers, and microscope to take 5 readings each of the length of a manual, diameter of a coin, diameter of a glass rod, diameter of a ball bearing, and internal diameter of a capillary tube. The average and uncertainty were then calculated for each set of readings.

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    This physics lab report details an experiment on measurement and uncertainty. The objective was to measure the length and diameter of various objects and determine the uncertainty. Procedures involved using appropriate measurement tools like a ruler, calipers, and microscope to take 5 readings each of the length of a manual, diameter of a coin, diameter of a glass rod, diameter of a ball bearing, and internal diameter of a capillary tube. The average and uncertainty were then calculated for each set of readings.

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    This physics lab report details an experiment on measurement and uncertainty. The objective was to measure the length and diameter of various objects and determine the uncertainty. Procedures involved using appropriate measurement tools like a ruler, calipers, and microscope to take 5 readings each of the length of a manual, diameter of a coin, diameter of a glass rod, diameter of a ball bearing, and internal diameter of a capillary tube. The average and uncertainty were then calculated for each set of readings.

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    Matriculation Physics Experiment 2 (Malaysia)

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    This physics lab report details an experiment on measurement and uncertainty. The objective was to measure the length and diameter of various objects and determine the uncertainty. Procedures involved using appropriate measurement tools like a ruler, calipers, and microscope to take 5 readings each of the length of a manual, diameter of a coin, diameter of a glass rod, diameter of a ball bearing, and internal diameter of a capillary tube. The average and uncertainty were then calculated for each set of readings.

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    PHYSICS LAB REPORT

    SEMESTER 1
    EXPERIMENT 1

    NAME
    NO MATRIKS
    DATE
    ITEMS CONTENTS MARKS
    TOPIC MEASUREMENT AND UNCERTAINTY
    OBJECTIVE To measure and determine the uncertainty of length of various objects
    THEORY Measuring some physical quantities is part and parcel of any physics
    experiment. It is important to realise that not all measured values are
    exactly the same as the actual values. This could be due to errors that we
    made during the measurement or perhaps the apparatus that we use
    may not be accurate or sensitive enough. Therefore as a rule the
    uncertainty of a measurement must be taken and it has to be recorded
    together with the measured value.

    The uncertainty of the measurement depends on the type pf


    measurement and how it is done. For a quantity x with the uncertainty
    x , its measurement is recorded as below :

    x x
    The relative uncertainty of the measurement is defined as :

    x x

    And therefore its percentage of uncertainty is x x 100%.

    1.1 Single Reading

    a) If the reading is taken from a single point or at the end


    of the scale,

    x = x (smallest division from the scale)

    b) If the reading are taken from two points on the scale,

    x = 2 x [ x (smallest division from the scale)]

    c) If the apparatus used the vernier scale,

    x = 1 x (smallest unit from the vernier scale)

    1.2 Repeated Readings

    For a set of n repeated measurements of x , the best value


    is the average value given by

    =1
    =

    where n = the number of measurements taken
    x = the measurement

    The uncertainty is given by

    =1 | |
    =

    The result should be written as

    x =

    APPARATUS NO NAME RANGE SENSITIVITY


    1 Metre rule (0.0 100.00) cm 0.1cm
    2 Vernier callipers (0.00-15.00) cm 0.01cm
    3 Micrometer (0.00-25.00) mm 0.01mm
    screw gauge
    4 Travelling (0.00-220.00)mm 0.01mm
    microscope
    5 Coin - -
    (new edition)
    6 Glass rod - -
    7 Ball bearing - -
    8 Capillary tube - -
    (1 cm long)
    PROCEDURE
    1. Choose the appropriate instrument for measurement of
    (i) Length of a laboratary manual.
    (ii) Diameter of a coin.
    (iii) External diameter of a glass rod.
    (iv) Diameter of a ball bearing.
    2. For task (i) to (iv), perform the measurement and record your
    results in a suitable table for at least 5 readings. Refer to Table
    1.1 as an example. Determine the percentage of uncertainty for
    each set of readings.
    3. Use travelling microscope to measure the internal diameter of
    the capillary tube. Adjust the microscope so that the cross-hairs
    coincide with the left and right edge of the internal diameter of
    the tube.

    The internal diameter, d=| |


    DATA No. Length of the laboratory manual, | |

    1
    2
    3
    Average

    No. Diameter of coin | |


    1
    2
    3
    Average

    No. External diameter of glass rod | |


    1
    2
    3
    Average

    No. Diameter of a ball bearing | |


    1
    2
    3
    Average

    No. Diameter of capillary tube | |


    1
    2
    3
    Average

    OBSERVATION
    Calculation for the average reading for each item:

    1) Length of laboratory manual


    (A+B+C)cm 3 = cm

    2) Diameter of coin
    (A+B+C)cm 3 = cm

    3) External diameter of glass rod


    (A+B+C)cm 3 = mm
    4) Diameter of ball bearing
    (A+B+C)mm 3 = mm

    5) Diameter of capillary tube


    (A+B+C)cm 3 = cm

    DISCUSSION

    CONCLUSION
    REFERENCES

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