Lab report -The RC Time Constant

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Lab Report Guidelines

# Complete the

prelab

and

all questions

associated with each lab

(found in the questions section)

.

# Reports are due at the start of class the following week

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ONLY PAPER COPIES WILL BE ACCEPTED

# Include the following

sections in your lab report write

–

up:

1.

Title page

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Include title of lab, name, date

etc.

2.

Objectives

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Can be bulleted

list.

3.

Equipment

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Include list of all items used. Also in include sketch of apparatus, photograph is

OK.

4.

Introduction/Theory

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Describe th

e underlying physics of the lab and any background

information.

5.

Equations

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List all equations in your calculations. Be sure to define all variable and include

units.

Number each equation and refer to it in the text.

6.

Procedure

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Sequential list of the

steps you took to complete the

lab.

7.

Results

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Include any plots, tables etc. For plots, be sure all numbers and axes are easy to

read

. Label axes including

units.

8.

Discussion/Conclusion

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Summarize your results. If an unexpected result was observed, what

w

ent wrong?

Describe possible sources of error/uncertainty.

Include how you would improve

the

experiment

if you were to repeat it

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