UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

KAMPUS JENGKA

PHY110

FUNDAMENTAL OF PHYSIC

LABORATORY REPORT
Title of experiment
Exp. No.
Date of experiment
Date of report submission
Lecture’s group
Name of lecturer

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OBJECTIVE

To gain an accurate and deep understanding into the significance of data analysis, ethics and
professionalism in scientific practices.

INTRODUCTION

Laboratory experiments involve taking measurements of physical quantities. No measurement of any

physical quantity is ever perfectly accurate, except possibly the counting of objects. The discrepancy
between the measured value and the true value of the quantity may arise from different sources. No
matter how-much effort is put into refinement of technique or into improvement of the instruments,
the error can only be decreased in magnitude but never eliminated entirely. The statement of the result
of a measurement is not complete without an indication of how much error the measurement might
contain. To obtain an experimental result with an estimate of the degree of uncertainty in the
measurements, we must and need to know the types of errors, the ways to reduce the errors, and how
to treat the data properly.
Discussion :
1. A cylinder has the following value, diameter, d = 21.4 ± 0.05 mm, length,
l=2.54 ±0.1 cm and mass,m=75.54 ±0.02 g .
a. Determine the density of the cylinder and its percentage error

b. The cylinder is made of copper and given the density of copper is 8940
−3
kg m , compare the result obtain with the standard value.

2. The diameter of piece of wire is measured at three difference places along the wire
with a micrometer screw gauge. The readings in mm are given below.

Position 1 2 3
First reading 2.48 2.46 2.50
Second reading 2.44 2.48 2.42

a. Explain why is the measurement taken more than once?

b. Calculate the diameter of the wire and the error associated with it.
 3. In an experiment to determine the linear relationship between P and Q, the following
data were obtained.

P 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0

Q 0.31 0.55 0.87 0.98 1.30 1.97 2.05 2.56 3.0

a. Plot graph of Q versus P

b. Find the gradient of the graph and the intercept on the Q-axis
c. Write the linear equation of the graph

Conclusion :
The significance of data analysis, ethics and professionalism in scientific practices are
gained