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Phys111 Report

Experiment #5: Focal Length of a Convex Lens

Name: Mohammad Shtayeh ID #: 1231028


Partner: - ID #: -
Section: 27
Date: 29-12-23

(1) Abstract:
o Aim of the experiment:
The aim is to find the focal length of a concaved lens by obtaining the values of f1 and f2
𝒇 +𝒇
from the graph of 𝟏/𝒗 vs 𝟏/𝒖 to apply the law of 𝒇 = 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
o The main result is:
The focal length of the convex lens is 𝒇 = 𝟏. 𝟗 ± 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟒 cm

(2) Data:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

𝒖 (𝒄𝒎) 12 10 8 6 4 3

𝒗 (𝒄𝒎) 2.4 2.5 2.67 3 4 6

𝟏/𝒖 (𝒄𝒎−𝟏 ) 0.08 0.1 0.125 0.167 0.25 0.33

𝟏/𝒗 (𝒄𝒎−𝟏 ) 0.417 0.4 0.374 0.33 0.25 0.167

𝚫𝐮 ≈ 0.01 cm 𝚫𝒗 ≈ 0.01 cm 𝐟𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 ≈ 2 cm

1
(3) Calculations:

̅ = 7.167 cm
𝒖 ̅ = 3.428 cm
𝒗 ̅̅̅̅̅
𝟏 ̅̅̅̅
𝟏
(𝒖) = 0.1753 cm-1 (𝒗) = 0.323 cm-1

𝒇𝟏 = 𝟏/ 𝒙𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 = 1.85 cm 𝒇𝟐 = 𝟏/ 𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 = 2 cm

𝒇̅ = 1.925 cm (calculations shown below)


∆𝒖 ∆𝒗 𝟎.𝟎𝟏 𝟎.𝟎𝟏
𝚫𝒇̅ = 𝒇𝟐 ( 𝟐 + 𝟐 ) = 𝟏. 𝟗𝟐𝟓𝟐 ( + ) = 𝟑. 𝟕(𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟏𝟎𝟒𝟓𝟓𝟐𝟕) = 0.0038 cm
𝒖 𝒗 𝟕.𝟏𝟔𝟕𝟐 𝟑.𝟒𝟐𝟖𝟐

(4) Results:

The focal length of the convex lens is 𝒇 = 𝟏. 𝟗𝟐𝟓 ± 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟒 cm

(5) Conclusions:

I reach to the conclusion that the focal length is 1.9 cm which is very close to the fixed value
of it which we put in the simulator of 2 cm, also when you substitute the value in this
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
law 𝒇 = 𝒖 + 𝒗 we also get 2 cm and this proves my calculations to be accurate
But although my result is close it’s not accepted because according to the discrepancy test
|flab – ftrue|< 2 𝜟f and after substituting the values|1.925-2|< 2*0.004 >>>
0.075<0.008[FALSE]

Q1: What lead to our result to have an error can’t be any device because we used a
simulator which supposedly gives accurate and precise result. So what created errors in the
experiment is the random error of drawing the slope which could’ve given inaccurate value
for f1 and f2 and made errors in the last result.
I think if we obtained the uncertainty of u and v from calculating their 𝝈𝒎 we’d get better
results, and I tried it that way and I got a more precise result, also I think taking the
uncertainty in this experiment as the lowest grading in the simulator is false because you
can’t be wrong while reading the measurement off it.
Q2: One reason for taking the average of f1 and f2 is that by taking average you are reducing
the chances of errors being present.

2
Graph of 1/v vs 1/u

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