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Revised 06/24/2009
Physics 2306 Laboratory Equipment List    
Lab 8: Magnetism 1

 

Transition notes:

  1. All of the materials from Lab 7 need to be put away except 2 of each color banana plug cables and two of each color adapters.

Equipment List:

  1. Pasco 750 Lab interface with the following sensors:
    • Pasco Magnetic Field sensor (Analog A) (C28.1)
    • Pasco Power Amplifier (Analog B)
  2. 2 cylindrical permanent magnets (C28.2)
  3. 3-Small compasses (C28.2)
  4. Various materials to test their magnetic properties (C28.1)
    • Aluminum cylinder with hook
    • Wooden cylinder with hook
    • Black Plastic cylinder with hook
    • Brass cylinder with hook
    • Iron cylinder
    • Steel paper clip
  5. Plastic pivoting stands for holding magnets (C28.1)
  6. Banana plug cables
  7. Solenoid wire-1.5 meter long piece of stranded 22 GA wire (C29.H).
  8. Primary/secondary coils (large diameter coil only). (C28.4)
  9. BK Precision 1670A Adjustable Power Supply
  10. Variable Gap Magnet ( Pasco EM-8641) (C28.3)
  11. Two "trapeze" loops of wire (small and large) (C28.2) mounted on a pendulum clamp (C10.3) on 45 cm rod (A1) on “A” base (C20.1).
    See the set up notes for this equipment.
  12. Magnetic field board (C28.4)

General Lab use:

  1. E/M Apparatus (1 per quadrant) (Model SF-9585 power supply only is needed.)
    See the set up notes for this equipment.

Notes and tests:

  1. Thoroughly test the polarization of all bar magnets and compasses.
  2. Test that the permanent magnets are oriented correctly. (side with Pasco label is South)
  3. Hook the power amp to the solenoid and use the test file "2306_Lab8_Magnetism1_ test.ds" to test the magnetic field sensor and the power amp simultaneously.
  4. You cannot see the paper clip in the picture, but it is in fact needed.

  

 

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