Methods RC PE

List of laboratory practicums at Physics Educational Centre
	Laboratory of mechanics and measuring techniques
		Length, volume and density measurements of solid bodies with different tools Elastic properties study of the spiral spring and the thin plate Precession and nutation of a gyroscope Research of the stretched vibrating string The torsion oscillator: free oscillations The torsion oscillator: forced oscillations The torsion oscillator: transient processes Laws of linear motion on the air track study (Verification of three Newton’s laws) Study of collision laws of elastic bodies on the air track (Verification of three Newton’s laws) Experiment by the determination of electron charge to its mass ratio Determination of bodies moments of inertia by torsional oscillations method The distribution of random measurement errors study Current and voltage regulation Research of electric current generator
	Laboratory of molecular physics
		Ideal gas laws Viscosity of the liquid depending on the temperature measurement Coefficient of the surface tension of the liquid determination The velocity of sound in air in depending on temperature determination Heat of vaporization of water and melting ice determination Determining the adiabatic exponent Cp/Cv of air using resonance method Observing the phase transition between the liquid and the gas phase at the critical point Investigation of the vapor-pressure curve of water Investigation of a thermocouple Measurements in a wind tunnel Determining the efficiency of the heat pump Study of possibilities for the velocity of sound measure for the dissemination of the acoustic pulse in a cylindrical tube Experiments by the velocity of light measure CRT oscilloscope. Basic introduction and acquisition of practical skills with device
	Laboratory of electricity and magnetism
		Electrostatic interaction of charged conductors Determining electric field generated by electrodes of simple form Ohm’s law verification Kirchhoff’s laws Application of the Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s laws in electric circuit calculation Current-voltage characteristics of nonlinear elements Impedance Transformer Determining of the Faraday’s constant Biot-Savart’s law Vacuum diode and triode. Principle of operation and applications Study of the processes of magnetization and reversal magnetization in ferromagnets
	Laboratory of optics
		Geometrical optics. Basic optical systems Fraunhofer diffraction Light absorption by matter. Bouguer-Lambert-Beer’s law Refractive index of the glass measurement by the smallest beam angle deviation in the prism Prism spectrometer. Measuring the line spectra of inert gases and metal vapors Determining the radius of curvature of lens by the Newton’s rings method Basic experiments with polarised light Malus law Laws of photometry Optical activity. Polarimetry Measuring the spectra of gas-discharge light source using a grating spectrometer Phase and group velocity of ultrasonics in liquids. The diffraction of light at an ultrasonics
	Laboratory of physical experiments automation
		Virtual devices creation in LabView environment Virtual devices programming in LabView environment Programming of input-output digital ports for a NI MyDAQ data acquisition device in the LabView environment The simple circuits of electric current study with NI MyDAQ data acquisition device Fundamentals of physical experiment automation with a computer Current-voltage characteristics of circuit elements AC circuits study Milliken’s experiment
	Laboratory of optical methods of measurements
		Focusing of spectrograph Diffraction lattice The resolution of the spectral device The interference pattern (Jamin interferometer) Measurement of the refractive index of gas using the Rayleigh interferometer Study of a microscope Rydberg constant determination The magnetic splitting of spectral lines (Zeeman effect) Spectroscopic determination of nuclear moments (hyperfine structure) Photomultiplier study
	Laboratory of electrical methods of measurements
		Unijunction transistor equivalent study FET characteristics research with p-n junction Polar molecules Frank and Hertz experiment NMR in liquids NMR in ferrits NMR in solids Fourier spectroscopy of NMR Hall effect in Germanium Hall effect in Nikel Thermionic emission Ferroelectrics Temperature dependence of the nickel magnetization study (the Curie point) Band gap in Germanium determination Determination of the diffusion length and lifetime of minority carriers in the semiconductor
	Laboratory of spectroscopic methods of measurements
		Second harmonic generation in a KDP crystal Kerr effect Raman scattering Excitons Photoconductivity study Dependence of selenium photocell sensitivity depending on wavelength study Determination of inertia moment and interatomic distances for cyanogen molecule (CN) Determination of iodine dissociation energy by the spectrum of its absorption
	Laboratory of scanning probe microscopy
		Obtaining the first SPM image. Processing and presentation of experimental results Solid surfaces study by scanning tunneling microscopy Solid surfaces study by atomic force microscopy in contactless mode Artifacts in SPM
	Laboratory of X-ray physics
		Absorption of X-rays X-rays spectral distribution under the Bragg diffraction conditions Compton effect Moseley's law Crystal structure of alkaline halogens study by Debye-Scherrer method Structure determining by X-ray powder patterns (Debye method) Determining of monocrystals orientation using Laue diffraction pattern (Laue method)