atx=x0=
y(x0)=h0
(2)
thatis;theheightoftherotatingliquidisthesameasifitwerenotrotating.
Theprofileoftherotatingliquid’ssurfaceisaparaboladefinedbytheequation
(3)
wherethevertexisatV(0,y0)andthefocusisatF(0,y0+C).Whenopticalraysparalleltotheaxisofsymmetry(opticalaxis)reflectattheparabolicsurface,theyallfocusatthepointF(seeFig.1).
Apparatus
∙Acylindricalrigidplasticcupcontainingliquidglycerin.Millimetricscalesareattachedtothebottomandthesidewallofthiscup.
∙Aturntabledrivenbyasmalldcelectricmotorpoweredbyavariablevoltagesupply,whichcontrolstheangularvelocity.
∙Atransparenthorizontalscreenonwhichyoucanputtransparentorsemi-transparentmillimetricscales.Thelocationofthescreencanbeadjustedalongtheverticalandhorizontaldirections.
∙Alaserpointermountedonastand.Thepositionofthepointercanbeadjusted.Theheadofthepointercanbechanged.
∙Additionalheadforthelaserpointer.
∙Aruler.
∙Ahighlighterpen.
∙Astopwatch.Pushtheleftbuttontoreset,themiddlebuttontoselectthemode,andtherightbuttontostartandstopthetiming.
∙Transmissiongratingswith500or1000lines/mm.
∙Bubblelevel.
∙Glasses.
IMPORTANTNOTES
∙DONOTLOOKDIRECTLYINTOTHELASERBEAM.BEAWARETHATLASERLIGHTCANALSOBEDANGEROUSWHENREFLECTEDOFFAMIRROR-LIKESURFACE.FORYOUROWNSAFETYUSETHEGIVENGLASSES.
∙Throughoutthewholeexperimentcarefullyhandlethecupcontainingglycerin.
∙Theturntablehasalreadybeenpreviouslyadjustedtobehorizontal.Usebubblelevelonlyforhorizontalalignmentofthescreen.
∙Throughouttheentireexperimentyouwillobserveseveralspotsonthescreenproducedbythereflectedand/orrefractedbeamsatthevariousinterfacesbetweentheair,theliquid,thescreen,andthecup.Besuretomakeyourmeasurementsonthecorrectbeam.
∙Inrotatingtheliquidchangethespeedofrotationgraduallyandwaitforlongenoughtimesfortheliquidtocomeintoequilibriumbeforemakinganymeasurements.
EXPERIMENT
PART1:
determinationofgUsingaRotatingLıquıd[7.5pts]
∙DeriveEquation1.
∙Measuretheheighth0oftheliquidinthecontainerandtheinnerdiameter2Rofthecontainer.
∙Insertthescreenbetweenthelightsourceandthecontainer.MeasurethedistanceHbetweenthescreenandtheturntable(seeFigure2).
∙Alignthelaserpointersuchthatthebeampointsverticallydownwardandhitsthesurfaceoftheliquidatadistancex0=
fromthecenterofthecontainer.
∙Rotatetheturntableslowly.Besurethatthecenteroftherotatingliquidisnottouchingthebottomofthecontainer.
∙Itisknownthatatx0=
theheightoftheliquidremainsthesameastheoriginalheighth0,regardlessoftheangularspeed.Usingthisfactandmeasurementsoftheangleofthesurfaceatx0forvariousvaluesof,performanexperimenttodeterminethegravitationalaccelerationg.
∙Preparetablesofmeasuredandcalculatedquantitiesforeach.
∙Producethenecessarygraphtocalculateg.
∙Calculatethevalueofgandtheexperimentalerrorinit
∙Copythevalues2R,x0,h0,Handtheexperimentalvalueofganditserrorontotheanswerform.
PART2:
OpticalSystem
Inthispartoftheexperimenttherotatingliquidwillbetreatedasanimageformingopticalsystem.Sincethecurvatureofthesurfacevarieswiththeangularspeedofrotation,thefocaldistanceofthisopticalsystemdependson.
2a)Investigationofthefocaldistance[5.5pts]
∙Alignthelaserpointersuchthatthelaserbeamisdirectedverticallydownwardatthecenterofthecontainer.MarkthepointPwherethebeamstrikesthescreen.Thusthelinejoiningthispointtothecenterofthecupistheopticalaxisofthissystem(seeFigure2).
∙Sincethesurfaceoftheliquidbehaveslikeaparabolicmirror,anyincidentbeamparalleltotheopticalaxiswillpassthroughthefocalpointFontheopticalaxisafterreflection.
∙Adjustthespeedofrotationtolocatethefocalpointonthescreen.MeasuretheangularspeedofrotationandthedistanceHbetweenthescreenandtheturntable.
∙RepeattheabovestepsfordifferentHvalues.
∙Copythemeasuredvaluesof2Randh0andthevalueofateachHontotheanswerform.
∙Withthehelpofanappropriategraphofyourdata,findtherelationshipbetweenthefocallengthandtheangularspeed.Copyyourresultontotheanswerform.
2b)Analysisofthe“image”(whatyouseeonthescreen)[3.5pts]
Inthispartoftheexperimentthepropertiesofthe“image”producedbythisopticalsystemwillbeanalyzed.Todoso,followthestepsgivenbelow.
∙Removetheheadofthelaserpointerbyturningitcounterclockwise.
∙Mountthenewhead(providedinanenvelope)byturningitclockwise.Nowyourlaserproducesawelldefinedshaperatherthananarrowbeam.
∙Adjustthepositionofthelaserpointersothatthebeamstrikesataboutthecenterofthecupalmostnormally.
∙Putasemitransparentsheetofpaperonthehorizontalscreen,whichisplacedclosetothecup,suchthatthelaserbeamdoesnotpassthroughthepaper,butthereflectedbeamdoes.
∙Observethesizeandtheorientationofthe“image”producedbythesourcebeamandthebeamreflectedfromtheliquidwhenitisnotrotating.
∙Starttheliquidrotating,andincreasethespeedofrotationgraduallyuptothemaximumattainablespeedwhilewatchingthescreen.Asincreasesyoumightobservedifferentfrequencyrangesoverwhichthepropertiesofthe“image”aredrasticallydifferent.Todescribetheseobservationscompletethetableontheanswerformbyaddingarowtothistableforeachsuchfrequencyrangeandfillitinbyusingtheappropriatenotationsexplainedonthatpage.
PART3:
RefractiveIndex[3.5pts]
Inthispartoftheexperimenttherefractiveindexofthegivenliquidwillbedeterminedusingagrating.Whenmonochromaticlightofwavelengthisincidentnormallyonadiffractiongrating,themaximaofthediffractionpatternareobservedatanglesmgivenbytheequation
(4)
where,mistheorderofdiffractionanddisthedistancebetweentherulingsofthegrating.Inthispartoftheexperimentadiffractiongratingwillbeusedtodeterminethewavelengthofthelaserlightandtherefractiveindexoftheliquid(seeFigure3).
∙Usethegratingtodeterminethewavelengthofthelaserpointer.Copyyourresultontotheanswerform.
∙Immersethegratingperpendicularlyintotheliquidatthecenterofthecup.
∙Alignthelaserbeamsuchthatitenterstheliquidfromthesidewallofthecupandstrikesthegratingnormally.
∙Observethediffractionpatternproducedonthemillimetricscaleattachedtothecupontheoppositeside.Makeanynecessarydistancemeasurements.
∙Calculatetherefractiveindexnoftheliquidbyusingyourmeasurements.(Ignoretheeffectoftheplasticcuponthepathofthelight.)
∙Copytheresultofyourexperimentontotheanswerform.
P(x,y)
Figure1.DefinitionsofthebankangleatpointP(x,y),thevertexVandthefocusFforthep