Conceptual physics experiments

1 INTRODUCTION

2 DATA AND ERRoR
2.1 Measurement and Measurement Errors
2.2 Characteristics of Errors
2.2.1 Indeterminate Errors／Random Errors
2.2.2 Determinate Errors／Systematic Errors
2.3 Measurement Uncertainty
2.4 Significant Figures
2.5 Methods of Data Analysis
2.5.1 Graphin9
2.5.2 Linear Relations
2.5.3 Non.1 inear relations

3 CLASSICAL EXPERIMENTS
3.1 Mechanics
3.1.1 Measurement：Length and Density of a Solid Substance
3.1.2 Collisions：Conservation of Linear Momentum
3.1.3 Measurement of Rotational Inertia of Rigid Body
3.1.4 The Determination of Liquid Surface Tension Coefficient
3.1.5 Measuring Youn9’S Modulus with a Stretching Method
3.1.6 Pendulum Measurements
3.2 Thermal and Wave
3.2.1 Interference Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Measurement
3.2.2 Determining the Specific Heat Capacity of Air
3.2.3 Standing Waves
3.2.4 Acoustic Resonance
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