Course webpage for PH2233: Physics Lab 2

January 2025

Course coordinator: Sourabh Dube

Course instructors: Rejish Nath, Atikur Rahman, Sourabh Dube

Course timetable

Batch	Day	Time	Roll numbers	TAs
Batch 1	Wednesday	3.00 - 6.00pm	20231001-20231098,20231169,2022xxxx	Pawan, Soumya
Batch 2	Thursday	3.00 - 6.00pm	20231099-20231196	Nikhil, Yogesh
Batch 3	Saturday	9.00am- 12.00pm	20231197-20231290,20231122,20231137,20221049,20221075	Soumya, Pushkar

Calendar for each batch

Session

1

2

3

4

5

6

Midsem

7

8

9

10

11

12

13:Endsem

Batch 1

Jan 8

Jan 15

Jan 22

Jan 29

Feb 5

Feb 12

Midsem(no lab)

Mar 5

Mar 12

Mar 19

Mar 26

Apr 2

Apr 9

Apr 16: ENDSEM exam

Batch 2

Jan 9

Jan 16

Jan 23

Jan 30

Feb 6

Feb 13

Midsem(no lab)

Mar 1

Mar 6

Mar 13

Mar 20

Mar 27

Apr 3

Apr 17: ENDSEM exam

Batch 3

Jan 11

Jan 18

Jan 25

Feb 1

Feb 8

Feb 15

Midsem(no lab)

Mar 8

Mar 15

Mar 22

Mar 29

Apr 5

Apr 12

Apr 19: ENDSEM exam

Note that March 1st is a Saturday, but will have the Thursday batch (Batch 2).

The assignment of experiments for each batch (with partner) can be found here: B1 Wednesday , B2 Thursday , B3 Saturday

The course consists of ten experiments.
It is mandatory to perform all 10 experiments (endsem exam may be any of the 10).
It is mandatory to submit the journal (with experiment write-up) for at least 8 experiments.
The list of 10 experiments is
1. Thermistor
2. Thermal expansion
3. Stefan's law
4. Specific heat of solids
5. Photoelectric effect
6. Millikan's oil drop
7. Lee's method
8. Michelson's interferometer
9. Brewster's Law
10. Balmer series and Rydberg constant
The manuals for the ten experiments can be found at this gdrive link.

The course assessment pattern will be

Viva 1	Pre-midsem	25%
Viva 2	Post-midsem	25%
Lab Journal	(minimum 8 expts)	15%
Endsem exam	Quiz	10%
Endsem exam	Lab-based	25%