Additional Information and Useful Links
Documents
a short course in error analysis
Keeping a good Laboratory Logbook
How to write an experimental report
Sample experimental report. Written by a P451 student.
General
SI Units
Fundamental Physical Constants
Unit Conversion
Powers of 10 and Prefixes
Properties of the Elements
Periodic Table and Isotopes
Resistor Color Code ( really cute)
Resistor Color Code (new)
Capacitor Color Code
More...: all kinds of physics and astronomy stuff
Links
"Introduction to Physics Research" Lectures from a U. of Illinois course... lots of useful info.
Ortec: "Experiments in Nuclear Science"
Ortec "Application Notes"
Nuclear Database
MIT Junior Lab . Helpful info and ideas here.
Computing
Logger Pro
Scientific data analysis using excel
Instructor's Resources.
Chen-Yu Liu
Last modified:01/15/2009