Department of Physics

10ΥΚΟ08 Basic Physics Laboratory IV

Course webpage:  https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS201

Course outline

Course content

• Magnetic field of circular conductors and coils. The Biot-Savart law.
• Study of RLC resonance circuit. Use of oscilloscope.
• Power generation. Lenz’s law. Motor. Generator. Use of stroboscope.
• Motion of electrons in a homogeneous magnetic field. Measurement of charge-to-mass ratio.
• Hall effect in conductors. Carriers calculation.
• Spectroscopy. Spectral lines and Bohr theory.
• Photoelectric effect.
• Operation and current-voltage characteristics of transformers.
• Preparation, presentation and teaching of laboratory experiments, as well as the basic principles of experimentation in physics, by Physics Department students to high-school pupils.