Course: PH211 (0:3)  August-December 2022-23

General Physics Lab (GPL- 0:3)


Instructors:  D Victor S Muthu, Prasad Vishnu Bhotla, R. Ganesan and Simimol

Department of Physics and Undergraduate Programme,
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

UG Teaching Assistant: Sachin    Student TA : Inder Kumar, Shivanshu Vats 

Days: Mon, Wed, Fri


Time: 14:00 - 17:00

Location: 5th Semester UG Physics lab, Old Physics Building (Near main library)

Tentative time-table and batch list

Experiments:

1.   Identification of NaCl monocrystals (with X-ray unit)
2.   Gama ray absorption with MCA (calibration & attenuation coefficient) Supplementary info

3.   NMR (find the magneto-gyric ratio of Hydrogen and Fluorine), Supplementary info, Poster, Field calibration data
4.   Velocity of sound in liquids (Raman-Nath experiment)

5.   Normal modes in (3D)
6.   Solar cell, thermopile
7.   UV-VIS spectroscopy (Band gap of a semiconductor, thickness measurement) Supplementary info
8.   Elastic plastic deformation Supplementary info

9.   X-ray fluorescence with MCA Supplementary info
10. Rutherford scattering

 Tentative Grading : 
  • Reports (handwritten with exception to graphs/plots) and to be submitted each week ‒ 20 %
  • Lab performance ‒ 20 % 
  • Mid-sem Exam (written exam and viva) - 30 %
  • Final Exam: written exam and Viva or 1 experiment (to be chosen randomly among the 10 experiments) ‒ 30 %