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Resources & References

Lab Manual Appendices Your Lab manual contains several references that will help you with your lab reports. How to handle significant digits, how to graph, and a model format for your lab reports. Your instructor will assume that you have read these documents when grading your reports. Vector Workbook This very readable workbook will help ...more about Resources & References

How to Build a Cloud Chamber

General Description A sketch of our low-tech cloud chamber is shown here. Click the image to see a large figure. The chamber consists of an upside down plastic jar (#1 type plastic) with a metal lid. The metal lid becomes the floor of the chamber. The jar is cut horizontally. Adhesive is applied to the ...more about How to Build a Cloud Chamber

Measures & Significant Figures

I. Introduction The following discussion should be thoroughly understood by the student before going ahead with any experiment in the course. A through knowledge of significant figures and the determination of experimental uncertainty will be of great assistance both in reporting your measurements and in evaluating your results. The sections below are laid out in ...more about Measures & Significant Figures