Individual course details
Study programme Theoretical and experimental physics, General physics, Computer and applied physics, Meteorology, and Astrophysics
Chosen research area (module)  
Nature and level of studies Undergraduate studies
Name of the course Physics Laboratory 2
Professor (lectures) Ass. Prof. Dr Zoran Popović
Professor/associate (examples/practical) Ass. Prof. Dr Ivan Videnović; PhD students: Svetislav Mijatović, Nora Trklja, Dragutin Jovković, Katarina Miletić, Srđan Stavrić
Professor/associate (additional)  
ECTS 3 Status (required/elective) Mandatory
Access requirements No conditions
Aims of the course Students get familiar with basic measuring instruments and different measurement techniques, as well as how to independently setup and perform experiments from molecular physics and thermodynamics. Special attention is paid on collecting and processing of measured data, and on their presenting like in the form of modern scientific papers. 
Learning outcomes Students are trained for independent experimental work in the area of molecular phyisics and thermodynamics.
Contents of the course
Lectures 1. Measurements using sensors connected to data acquisition system; accompanying software. 2. Commercial software packages for numerical processing and graphical representation of experimental data.
Examples/ practical classes 1. Temperature measuring instruments: digital thermometer and mercury in glass thermometer. 2. Instruments for measuring gas pressure:  manometer, pressure gauge, and pressure sensors. 3. Measurement of small forces using torsional balance. 4. Measuring of viscosity of a fluid using digital viscometer. 5. Measuring of electric current and voltage using digital multimeters. 6. Verification of the Maxwell- Boltzmann distribution. 7. Studying of laws of ideal gases (Boyle- Mariotte's law, Gay- Lussac's law, and Charles's law). 8. Studying of real gases (liquid-gas phase transition and critical point). 9. Determination of the adiabatic coefficient of air using the Clement-Desormes’ method. 10. Study of the Newton's law of cooling/heating.  11. Determination of the specific heat of water, latent heat of fusion of water, and latent heat of evaporation of water.  12. Determination of the linear coefficient of thermal expansion of metal rods; measurement of water density as a function of its temperature.  13. Measurement of the specific heat capacity of solid bodies using calorimeter. 14. Measurement of the surface tension coefficient of liquids as a function of temperature and solution concentration using tensiometric or ring method. 15. Measurement of the coefficient of viscosity of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluids. 16. Study of the efficiency of a Stirling heat engine (determination of PV-diagram). 17. Study of the law of heat conduction, and determination of the coefficient of thermal conductivity of solid bodies. 18. Study of vibrating string, and determination of the velocity of sound in air using resonance tube.
Recommended books
1  Đ. Spasojević, Laboratorija fizike 2 (Fizički fakultet, Beograd, 2014)
2  Đ. Spasojević, Laboratorija fizike 1-2- pomoćni udžbenik (Fizički fakultet, Beograd, 2008)
3 S. Božin, M. Napijalo, S. Žegarac, J. Božin, P. Vidaković, J. Dojčilović, Lj. Zeković, Praktikum iz fizike- Laboratorijske vežbe- Fizička mehanika, molekularna fizika, termodinamika (Fizički fakultet, Beograd, 2000) 
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Number of classes (weekly)
Lectures Examples&practicals   Student project Additional
1 2      
Teaching and learning methods Lecture, experimental work 
Assessment (maximal 100)
assesed coursework mark examination mark
coursework   written examination  
practicals   oral examination  
papers      
presentations