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| Speed of Light || No || Yes || No || Yes  
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| [[Oscilloscope]] || No || No || No || Yes || Requires an oscilloscope and function generator for each student. Only takes 1 session.
 
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| Acoustic Wave Propagation || Yes || No || No || Yes
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| [[Speed of Light]] || No || Yes || No || Yes || Requires fast (>300 MHz BW) oscilloscope. Can be done in 1 session if optics set up beforehand
 
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| Balmer Series || No || No || Yes || Yes
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| [[Acoustic Impedance Spectroscopy]] || Yes (Jr Tower 2) || No || No || Yes || New lab by Jim Thomas, uses Matlab. Needs long table
 
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| Poisson Statistics || Yes || No || No || Conflicts with Compton Scattering
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| [[Balmer Series]] || No || No || Yes || Alignment and calibration can change if setup is shared between sections, and data-taking is split between two sessions || Can be done in 1 session by 1 person (longer with 2)
 
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| Planck's Constant || No || No || Yes || Yes
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| [[Poisson Statistics]] || Yes (Jr Tower 3) || No || No || Conflicts with [[Compton Scattering]] || Can be done in 1 session
 
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| Compton Scattering || Yes || No || No || Conflicts with Poisson Statistics
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| [[Planck's Constant]] || No || No || Yes || Yes ||
 
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| Electron Diffraction || No || No || Yes || Yes
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| [[Compton Scattering]] || Yes (Jr Tower 3) || No || No || Conflicts with [[Poisson Statistics]] ||
 
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| Ratio of e/m || No || No || Yes || Yes
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| [[Electron Diffraction]] || No || No || Yes || Yes || The most light sensitive experiment, best set up in dark room
 
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| Frank-Hertz || Yes || No || No || Yes
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| [[Ratio of e/m]] || No || No || Yes || Not easily shareable between sections || Includes high voltage, if set up on metal optics table, put down an insulating layer underneath setup
 
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| Electron Spin Resonance || No || No || No || Yes
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| [[Franck-Hertz]] || Yes (Jr Tower 1) || No || No || Not easily shareable between sections || Labview VI in Public folder of admin account
 
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| Charge of the Electron || No || No || No || Yes
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| [[Electron Spin Resonance]] || No || No || No || Not easily shareable between sections ||
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| [[Charge of the Electron]] || No || No || No || Not easily shareable between sections ||
 
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Latest revision as of 14:54, 23 March 2021

Experiment Computer Control? Optics Table Needed? Light Sensitive? Shareable? Other Notes
Oscilloscope No No No Yes Requires an oscilloscope and function generator for each student. Only takes 1 session.
Speed of Light No Yes No Yes Requires fast (>300 MHz BW) oscilloscope. Can be done in 1 session if optics set up beforehand
Acoustic Impedance Spectroscopy Yes (Jr Tower 2) No No Yes New lab by Jim Thomas, uses Matlab. Needs long table
Balmer Series No No Yes Alignment and calibration can change if setup is shared between sections, and data-taking is split between two sessions Can be done in 1 session by 1 person (longer with 2)
Poisson Statistics Yes (Jr Tower 3) No No Conflicts with Compton Scattering Can be done in 1 session
Planck's Constant No No Yes Yes
Compton Scattering Yes (Jr Tower 3) No No Conflicts with Poisson Statistics
Electron Diffraction No No Yes Yes The most light sensitive experiment, best set up in dark room
Ratio of e/m No No Yes Not easily shareable between sections Includes high voltage, if set up on metal optics table, put down an insulating layer underneath setup
Franck-Hertz Yes (Jr Tower 1) No No Not easily shareable between sections Labview VI in Public folder of admin account
Electron Spin Resonance No No No Not easily shareable between sections
Charge of the Electron No No No Not easily shareable between sections