A Formal Physics Laboratory Report

EXPERIMENT

DETERMINING COEFFICIENT OF VISCOSITY OF LIQUID

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I. Aims/Purposes:
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II. Methods and Procedures:
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III. Equations:
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IV. Experimental Data:
- Accuracy of * Density of oil:  = 895±89 (kg/m3)
- Caliper: …… (mm) * Distance: L = ......±……(mm)
- Time meter: …….(s)
- Diameter of vertical tube:
D = …… ± ……(mm)
- Mass of the marbles: m = ……±…… (g)
Data d (mm) d (mm) (s)  ( s )
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Mean
V. Calculations:
π=3.14and ∆ π =0.005
g=9.81 m/ s2 and ∆ g=0.005 m/ s 2
5.1Calculating the total absolute errors of the measurement of diameter d, timer τ , distance L
∆ d=∆ d sys+ ∆ d=… … … … ( 10−3 m)
∆ τ=∆ τ sys + ∆ τ́=… … … … ( s )
∆ L=∆ Lsys +∆ L=… … … … ( 10−3 m )
5.2 Calculating the density of the marble and the relative error:
ḿ kg ∆ ρ1 ∆ m ∆ π 3 ∆ d
ρ́1= =… … …( 3 ) kg
1 3 m and = + + =… … … => ∆ ρ 1=… … …( 3 )
π d́ ρ́1 ḿ π d́ m
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5.3 Calculating the coefficient of viscosity of liquid and the relative error:
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1 ( ρ́1− ρ́) d́ g τ́ kg
ή= . =… … …( )
18 d́ m . s and
Ĺ( 1+ 2,4 )
D́
Δη Δ ρ1 + Δ ρ Δ g Δτ Δ L 1 ( 2 D́+2,4 d́ ) Δ d +2,4 d́ . Δ D =… … …
ή
=
ρ́1− ρ́
+
g
+ +
τ́
+
[
Ĺ D́+2,4 d́ d́ ] D́
=>

kg
Δ η=… … ( )
m.s
VI. Conclusions:
kg
η=( ή ± ∆ η )=… … … ± … … …( )
m.s