| Blank data sheet here | |
| current I | B (mT) |
| 0.5 | 0.064 |
| 1.0 | 0.129 |
| 1.5 | 0.201 |
| 2.0 | 0.264 |
| length of coil | 0.750 (m) +/-0.003 (m) |
| number of turns N | 82 |
| n = N/L | 109.33 |
| Note the rounding to the 0.001 place in the B column; most of your recorded uncertainties were rounded to that place. For example you could have recorded 0.1320 +/1 (plus or minus) 0.0011453 for the current. | |
| Recall the graph paper has a least count of 0.002 mT. Thus, the above numbers can easily be plotted. If the last digit is even, the point lies exactly on a small division. If the last digit is odd, the point lies at the midpoint between two divisions. | |
| Thus mbest
might be calculated from numbers used like (0.265 - 0.065)/(2.000
- 0.500) = 0.200/1.500 =
0.133322 mT |
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| mmax
might be calculated from numbers used like (0.269 - 0.061)/(2.000
- 0.500) = 0.208/1.500 =
0.138666 mT. |
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| Thus mmin
might be calculated from numbers used like (0.260 - 0.069)/(2.000
- 0.500) = 0.191/1.500 =
0.127333 mT. |
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| Compute (mmax - mmin ) = (0.138666 - 0.133333)/2 = 0.0026665 mT. | |
| Compute LCy/(delta I) = (0.002)/(1.500) = 0.0013333 mT. | |
| Choose delta m as the largest of the previous two: delta m = 0.0026665 mT | |
| Now the slope should be equal to uo*n, where uo is the magnetic permeability of free space and n is the number of turns per meter of the slinky. Note n = N/L, where N is the number of loops and L is the length. Thus uo*n = mbest = 0.133322 mT. | |
| Finally compare your
results with the actual, accepted measured uo*nacc
= (1.256637x10-6)*(109.33) = 0.1373923078 tm. Compute the percent difference which is the absolute value of the difference divided by the average of the two and multiplied by 100 to achieve a percentage. |
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| Also check if the
accepted value falls within the range in a way defined by
this inequality: | uo*nbest - uo*nacc | < delta m + (uo*N/L2)*delta L, where delta L = 0.003 m. Watch your sig. figs. ! |
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