EMSE 320 Materials Laboratory II

Who: Group 3, Katherine Starr, Olga Eliseeva, Elan Weiss, Davis Zabiyaka
What: Executive Summary for Lab 1 descriptive and predictive statistics
When: Tuesday August 28, 2014
Where: Undergraduate Laboratory room 328 White Building
Results:
1. Our contract was turned in during class.
2. The results from our 100 rolls of our dice are attached as Table 1 and Fig. 1. Based on this
analysis we conclude that our dice was not biased. Our graph demonstrated that for each
possible number there was a generally equal distribution of outcomes; with no number
exceeding the range of two standard deviations from the mean.
3. We measured the weight of our metal sample with the laboratory balance manufactured by
Mettler Instrument Corporation.
a. This balance had a precision of 0.0001g. Unfortunately the balance had a systematic
offset bias. This was corrected by using external precision weights. A plot of these data
is shown in Fig. 2 and yielded a calibration curve which is attached along with a table of
the data, Table 2. The linear least squares regression analysis yielded the following
calibration equation: = 1.000 0.002
b. True weight = 1.000*27.015 0.002 (g) Eq. 1
c. The error on the slope was determined to be 2.944E-05
d. The error on the intercept was determine to be 0.001g
e. Its accuracy was determined by measuring our sample 10 times which resulted in a
mean of 27.015g and a standard deviation of 1.083E-04g as shown in the attached table.
At 95% confidence and 9 degrees of freedom, this yields a student t value of -1.45 which
results in confidence limits of 2.50E-4g.
4. The dimensions of our metal sample were measured with a dial caliper.
a. The calipers had a precision of 0.0005 inches (1.27x10
-3
cm).
b. The accuracy was determined by measuring the length and the diameter 10 times each
and these data are presented in Table 3.
c. The mean and standard deviations were:
i. Length 2.440 0.00254 cm
ii. Diameter 1.276 0.00254 cm
d. The volume was calculated using the following equation:
i. Volume = /4 * D
2
* L (cm
3
) Eq. 2
ii. Based on this calculation the volume is 3.125
e. Propagation of error yielded an accuracy of 0.0128 cm
3

5. The density was calculated using the following equation:
a. Density (g/cm
3
) = mass (g) / volume (cm
3
) Eq. 3
b. Based on this calculation the density is 8.64
c. Error propagation yield an accuracy of 0.000411 g/cm
3

6. Based on this calculated density we identified our metal sample as nickel, which has a density of
8.90 g/cm
3










































Graphs and Tables:









Standard Deviation: 4
Mean: 17

dice number frequency
1 23
2 16
3 17
4 16
5 10
6 18

Real (g)
Measured
(g) Sample (g)
20 19.997 27.0161
10 9.9956 27.0158
10 9.9967 27.0157
5 4.9964 27.0158
2 1.9986 27.0157
2 1.998 27.0159
1 0.9997 27.0158
100 99.9864 27.0157
100 99.9997 27.0158
100 99.9996 27.0158
Average 34.99677 27.01581
Std Dev 40.88018 0.00010829
True
Weight 27.0127805






























Times
measured
length
(in)
length
(cm)
diameter
(in)
diameter
(cm)
1 0.961 2.44094 0.503 1.27762
2 0.962 2.44348 0.499 1.26746
3 0.962 2.44348 0.503 1.27762
4 0.959 2.43586 0.502 1.27508
5 0.962 2.44348 0.503 1.27762
6 0.959 2.43586 0.504 1.28016
7 0.962 2.44348 0.503 1.27762
8 0.96 2.4384 0.503 1.27762
9 0.962 2.44348 0.504 1.28016
10 0.96 2.4384 0.503 1.27762