ENGINEERING PHYSICS LABORATORY OBSERVATION (hand sheet)

A.C. FREQUENCY - SONOMETER 2008-2009

PREPARED BY
Mr. A.CHARIS ISRAEL. M.Sc., B.Ed., (Ph.D.)
Asst. Professor of PHYSICS
Department of Humanities & Science
MALLA REDDY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
Dhulapally, Maisammaguda,
SECUNDERABAD - 500 014.

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 ENGINEERING PHYSICS LABORATORY OBSERVATION (hand sheet)
A.C. FREQUENCY - SONOMETER 2008-2009

Exp. No:
Date:
A.C. FREQUENCY - SONOMETER

AIM:
To determine the frequency of A.C. power supply using Sonometer.

APPARATUS:
Sonometer with Brass wire, paper riders, bridges, weight hanger (100-500gm),
two magnets, AC supply (6VAC) with crocodile connecting wires, Screw gauge.

FORMULAE:

1) Frequency of A.C. power supply is given by

1 T
n= Hz
2l m
where ' l ' is the resonating length between the bridges
' T ' is the tension applied i.e., T = Mg dynes
where ' M ' is the load added to the weight hanger in grams and
2
' g ' is the acceleration due to gravity in cm/sec .
' m' is the linear density of the given wire i.e., m = π r 2 D
where ' r ' is the radius of the given wire and ' D ' is the density of
the material of the wire given (for Brass, D = 8.5 gm/cc).

2) To determine the radius of the given wire using screw gauge

dis tan ce moved
Pitch of the screw =
no. of rotations
Pitch of the screw
Least Count =
no. of divisions on the head scale
diameter of the wire, d = pitch scale reading + ( Head scale reading x L.C .)
d
radius of the wire, r = cm
2
GRAPH:
Plot a graph taking T on Y-axis
and ' l ' on X-axis, which results a Straight line
passing through the origin such as shown below. T

From graph, T = _____ and l = _____

1 T
n= = ______ Hz. l
2 m l

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 ENGINEERING PHYSICS LABORATORY OBSERVATION (hand sheet)
A.C. FREQUENCY - SONOMETER 2008-2009

OBSERVATIONS:

Density of the material, D = ______ gm/cc.

Radius of the wire, r = ______ cm.
Linear density of the wire, m = π r 2 D = _______ gm/cm.
Least count of the given screw gauge, L.C. = ______mm.

TABULAR OBSERVATIONS:

1) DETERMINATION OF THE RADIUS OF THE GIVEN WIRE:

Zero Error = ________. Zero Correction = ________.

Head Scale Reading

P.S.R. (H.S.R.) (H.S.R. x L.C.) Diameter
S.No. ‘a’ mm Before After ‘b’ mm of the wire
Correction Correction (a + b) mm
1.
2.
3.

Average diameter, d = _______ mm.

Radius, r = _______ mm.

2) DETERMINATION OF THE FREQUENCY OF AC SUPPLY:

Load Tension Applied Resonating Length ' l ' cm 1 T

S.No. added n= Hz
T 2l m
M gm T = Mg dynes Trial I Trial II Mean

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Average, n = __________ Hz.

RESULT:

The frequency of the A.C. power supply is determined to be, n = _________ Hz. .

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