Using The Vernier Lab Pro Interface And The Logger Pro Interface

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Lab Report 1 Using the Vernier Lab Pro Interface & the Logger Pro Data Collection Software Physics 261 001 Author: Ashley Wilhite Lab Partners: Jamal Singleton 12/09/13 Objective The objective of this lab is to become accustomed to using Logger Pro data collection software and the Lab Pro interface. The ideas of averaging constant data and finding the standard deviation will be introduced. This lab will instruct the use of different tools such as the Linear Fit and Statistics tools in Logger Pro. Another objective is to introduce the construction of tables and graphs in Excel. The software will work cohesively to construct organize data that is collected in the lab. Theory When there is a heat exchange between two objects, the object’s temperature will change. The rate at which this change will occur happens according to Newton’s Law of heating and cooling. This law states the rate of temperature change is directly proportional between the two objects. The data in this lab will exhibit that an object will stay in a state of temperature equilibrium, unless the object comes in contact with another object of a different temperature. Newton’s Law of Heat and Cooling can be understood by using this formula: Eq(1) The thermometer’s original temperature before coming in contact with an outside object is represented by T. ∆T/∆t is the average temperature of the digital thermometer. represents the temperature of the heat flowing object. In this lab, the temperature of the air is represented by Tair=T. To= Thand is the temperature of the hand. Procedure We must first begin the today’s lab by connecting the thermometer that digitally detects surrounding temperature to the Lab Pro Interface located on the computer via... ... middle of paper ... ... : The difference in slope is positively correlated with a lower temperature. This slope becomes apparent Conclusions Over the observed fifty seconds, there was a consistency among the temperatures. Without a calculated percent error, we are able to assume the average temperature was twenty-six degrees Celsius. There are factors that could have caused error to arise in our data collection. One factor could be that the temperature of the room was not consistent throughout the room. Another factor may have been the performance of the thermometer. The grasp in which the thermometer was held for procedure B may also be a factor. The data which was collected in Procedure A was able to produce a relatively straight line. Even though this did have few straying points, there was a positive correlation. This lab was able to support Newton’s Law of Heating and Cooling.

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