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Determination of Gravitational Acceleration With A Reversible Pendulum

This document outlines an experiment to determine gravitational acceleration using a reversible pendulum. The experiment involves: 1) Measuring the oscillation period of a pendulum at different positions to find the "best position" where the period is equal in both directions. 2) Calculating the mean oscillation period at the best position and the random and systematic errors. 3) Using the oscillation period, length of the pendulum, and equations to calculate the mean gravitational acceleration and relative error. The conclusion states the value of g determined in the experiment and its associated error.

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Determination of Gravitational Acceleration With A Reversible Pendulum

This document outlines an experiment to determine gravitational acceleration using a reversible pendulum. The experiment involves: 1) Measuring the oscillation period of a pendulum at different positions to find the "best position" where the period is equal in both directions. 2) Calculating the mean oscillation period at the best position and the random and systematic errors. 3) Using the oscillation period, length of the pendulum, and equations to calculate the mean gravitational acceleration and relative error. The conclusion states the value of g determined in the experiment and its associated error.

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General Physics Laboratory Report

EXPERIMENT

DETERMINATION OF GRAVITATIONAL
ACCELERATION WITH A REVERSIBLE PENDULUM
Class: ………….…. / Group: ……Team:……. Lecturer’s comment

Full name:
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I. Aims/Purposes:
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II. Method, Equipment and Procedure:
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III. Equations:
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IV. Experimental Data:
IV.1 Table 1:
Weighted position (mm) 50T1 (s) 50T2 (s)
x0 = 0 mm
x0+40 = 40mm
x1 = ..................mm
IV.2 Raw data:

95

90

85

T(s)
80

75

70
0 10 20 30 40 50

X (mm)

IV.3 Table 2: At the best position x1', physical pendulum becomes T1= T2 = T:
Best position x'1 =.................................. (mm)
Data 50T1 (s)  (50T1) 50T2 (s)  (50T2)
1
2
3
Mean
V. Calculations:
V.1Determine the oscillating period of the reversible pendulum:
Calculate the mean period T of the reversible pendulum from the values in table 2:
1 (50 T 1 +50 T 2 )
T= . =… … …( s)
50 2
1 ( ∆50 T 1+ ∆ 50 T 2 )
 Random error of T: ∆ T = . =… … … …( s)
50 2
0.01
 Systematic error of T: ∆ T sys=¿ =… … … (s )
50
V.2Calculate the gravitational acceleration:
4 π2 L m
 Calculate the mean value of gravitational acceleration: g= 2 =… … … ( 2 )
T s
∆g ∆π ∆ L ∆T
 Calculate the relative error of g: =2 + +2 =δ
ǵ π Ĺ T́
m
=> ∆ ∆ g=δ . ǵ=… … …( 2 )
s
VI. Conclusions:
m
g=g ± ∆ g=… … … ± … … …( 2 )
s

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