Dr. Ashwini Kumar Sharma
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati - 781 039, Assam, INDIA
e-mail:    aksharma@iitg.ernet.in
Phone:  +91-361-258-2724 (Off.), 4724 (Res.)
Fax:        +91-361-2582749 / 2690762
 
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PH110: General Physics Laboratory, July-November, 2010

Welcome to the course PH110 - General Physics Laboratory. This web page is intended to provide all the necessary information on the PH110 course.

The laboratory session shall start from 2nd August, 2010 (Monday). The following link should be of help to you to know your lab turn:

http://shilloi.iitg.ernet.in/~acad/intranet/tt/ctt.htm

To know the roll numbers of the students in various lab groups, following link may be of help to you

http://shilloi.iitg.ernet.in/~acad/intranet/tt/BTechBDes2010-Allcourses-Breakup.pdf

Make sure that you attend the lab as per the allotment of lab groups.

Course coordinator

Dr Ashwini Kumar Sharma
Department of Physics, Room No. 107
Email: aksharma@iitg.ernet.in
Tel: 2724

Important instructions
Laboratory manual
Class Schedule
Grading scheme
Make-up lab week
End-semester exam

 

Important instructions

  1. There are 9 experiments in all. All these experiments are to be done during this semester.
  2. Each experiment is to be completed in one turn.
  3. In case if you miss an experiment you must support your absence with a suitable document. You should also inform the course coordinator through email.
  4. Before starting the experiment, ensure that the knobs of the instruments are at ZERO/minimum level.
  5. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MISHANDLE THE INSTRUMENTS.
  6. If something goes wrong with the instrument in use, immediately inform the instructor or TAs for help.
  7. Look at all the connections carefully. During the exam you will have to make all the connections of your own.
  8. The PENCIL is to be used only for graph. Data should be recorded with the PEN.
  9. One reading must be signed by the instructor. Any change made to a signed reading must be re-checked by the instructor again.
  10. Students performing experiment no 5 & 7 must deposit their IDs. They will be issued the prism after collecting the ID card. It will be returned once you have returned the prism. Laser diode will remain on the optical bench (it is not to be removed).
  11. Look for the allotment on the roster on the notice board outside the lab.
  12. After all experiments are over, just before end-semester exam, you shall get a “MAKE-UP” week where you can repeat or practice some/all experiments.

For more details about lab report, please see the lab manual (page 2 & 3).

Laboratory manual top
The lab manual is available at the following website.

http://shilloi.iitg.ernet.in/~phy/syllabus/ph110.pdf

The same may also be obtained from CORE 1 and CORE 4 xerox centres.

Class Schedule top
Venue: L – Block, Department of Physics, Third Floor
Time  : 09:00-12:00 hrs

Day

Faculty

Research scholars

Expt. to be graded

JTS

MONDAY
(LG 7)

S Ghosh


Sangeetha NS
Poulami Ghosh
Mukesh Singh
T Santhosh Kumar
Brahmananda Sethi
Bhargab Deka

3,5
2,9
7
4
8
6
1

Lokesh & Bimal

TUESDAY
(LG 10)

MK Nandy


Rahul Das
Aneesh R.
Shyni PC
Souvik Paul
Abhijit Das
Enamullah

2,4
1,3
7
9
8
5
6

Lokesh & Bimal

WEDNESDAY
(LG 8)

AK Sharma


Manirupa Saha
Onkar Nath Verma
Tribedi Bora
Swarnadeep Acharyya
Deepanwita Dutta

1,4,5
3,8
7
6
2
9

Lokesh & Atul

THURSDAY
(LG 6)

A Sil


Biswanath Samantaray
Parvendra Kumar
Pathi Munendhar
Apurba Barman
Akhilesh Kumar Singh
Satendra Kumar

1,4
2,3
7
5
8
9
6

Lokesh & Atul

FRIDAY
(LG 9)

SB Das


Supriya Roy
Indrajeet Kumar
Balwant Singh
Suresh Babu M
Padam Rajender
Batakrushna Santra

3,6
2,8
5
7
1
4
9

Lokesh & Jyoti

    LG – Lab group
                             
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Lab performance

(a) Initial preparation           10%

(b) Viva                              10% 

(c) Lab records                   30%

End Semester examination                                    

(a) Experiment                     30% 

(b) Quiz                               20%

 

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Schedule [Click here for schedule]

Instructions

  1. All of you must come to the lab during your respective make-up lab turn.
  2. Those who have completed all experiments shall collect the lab file having all the experiments during make-up lab turn only.
  3. You must put your signatures against your name before collecting the file.
  4. Those who have been asked to repeat or have to do missed experiment are requested to collect their lab report after a gap of one day from the make-up lab turn. In case if that day happens to be a weekend or holiday, collect the file on the immediate next working day.
  5. Do ensure that you have given VIVA of all the experiments. If not, please get in touch with your instructor for that day.

 

End-semester exam top

(a) Lab exam

      Venue
      L Block, Department of Physics, BTech lab (third floor)

      Schedule [Click here for schedule]

      Instructions

  1. Examination timings are 09:15 – 12:15 hrs.
  2. Come to the lab with your ID card.
  3. Bring your lab file having all nine lab reports. It has to be submitted before the start of the exam.
  4. You shall perform only one experiment in the stipulated time.
  5. You shall be provided with supplementary sheets and graph sheets during the exam.

(b) Quiz [Click here for schedule]