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13 CHP Experiment

The document describes an experiment to determine the time period of a simple pendulum. It provides the materials, procedure, observations, and conclusion. The procedure involves setting up a pendulum and using a stopwatch to time 20 oscillations. Repeating the experiment yields consistent time periods around 2 seconds.

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13 CHP Experiment

The document describes an experiment to determine the time period of a simple pendulum. It provides the materials, procedure, observations, and conclusion. The procedure involves setting up a pendulum and using a stopwatch to time 20 oscillations. Repeating the experiment yields consistent time periods around 2 seconds.

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Experiment No: 1 : To determine the time period of a simple pendulum.

Apparatus and Materials: A thin string of length 1m, bob of the pendulum with hook, stop watch.

Diagram: (To draw on left side of exp book)

Procedure:

1. Take a thin string of about 1 meter length and set up a simple pendulum as shown in the figure.
2. Let the bob of the pendulum be steady at its original position ‘O’. This original position ‘O’ is
called its mean position. Mark the mean position of the bob on the floor.
3. Hold the bob and move it slightly to one side (say at position A) in order to give motion to the
pendulum. Position ‘A’ is called extreme position of one side of the pendulum.
4. Now, release the bob from its displacement position.
5. When the bob is on the extreme position (Say A) on one side of mean position ‘O’. Start the stop
watch.
6. When the pendulum again comes to the extreme position A, consider that 1 oscillation is
completed.
7. Keep on counting the number of oscillations.
8. Thus, when 20 oscillations are completed stop the stop watch and note down the time taken by
the pendulum to complete 20 oscillations.
9. Repeat the activity and note down your observations everytime in the table 13.2.
10. Divide the time interval you get by 20 for each observation and write down the time period.

Observation: Time period of a simple pendulum

 Length of pendulum= 100 cm.

Sr. Time taken for 20 Time period=


No. oscillations (in ‘s’)
1. 42 s 2.1 s
2. 41 s 2.05 s
3. 40 s 2.0 s
Note: ‘s’ means seconds.

Average (Time period) = = = 2.05

Conclusion: The time period of the simple pendulum calculated is 2.05 s.

From the last column of the above table it is clear that, everytime the time period obtained
of the pendulum of definite length remains same.

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