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Barath Physics Project
Barath Physics Project
MAMBAKKAM
MADE BY:
NAME : BARATH.KM
REG NO:
GRADE : 12
SEC : B
GROUP : CS-MATH
BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that this PHYSICS Investigatory Project on
Date: …………………….
The aim of the project is to study the Earth’s magnetic field and
find its value (BH) using a tangent galvanometer .
TANGENT GALVANOMETER
Since the north pole of a magnet attracts the south poles of other
magnets and repels the north poles, it must be attracted to the
South Pole.
TANGENT GALVANOMETER
PRINCIPAL:
The tangent galvanometer works on the principle of tangent law .
DEFINITION :
CONSTRUCTION :
WORKING :
• The instrument needle starts moving firstly under the influence
of Earth's magnetic field.
APPLICATIONS :
1. T.G. can be used to measure the magnitude of the horizontal
component of the geomagnetic field.
PROCEDURE :
Connections are made as shown in the figure given below, where
K is the key, E the battery, A the ammeter, R the rheostat, C the
commutator, and T.G the tangent galvanometer.
The commutator can reverse the current through the T.G coil
without changing the current in the rest of the circuit. Taking the
average of the resulting two readings for deflection averages out,
any small error in positioning the T.G coil relative to the earth’s
magnetic field H. 15
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
3. Now rotate the coil of the galvanometer about its vertical axis,
till the magnetic needle, its image in the plane mirror fixed at the
base of the compass box and the coil, i.e.all
11. Measure the inner and the outer diameter of the coil with a
half metre scale at least three times.
RESULT
The value of earth’s magnetic field by using a tangent
galvanometer is H = 7.6867 × 10−8 T
BIBLIOGRAPHY
➢PHYSICS CLASS 12 NCERT BOOK
➢Galvanometer:
http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/Electrical_Measurem
ents/ Tangent_Galvanometer/Tangent_Galvanometer.html