Phyf214 Physics Lab1 Report Sem1 2019-2020
Phyf214 Physics Lab1 Report Sem1 2019-2020
Group ID: A3
II. Theory:
Series LCR circuit:
The differential equation governing a series LCR
circuit is:
And α by:
RC Circuit:
The circuit consist of a charging component and a discharging component.
The discharging component decays exponentially.
While charging, the differential equation is given by:
3.8
voltage(v)
3.6
3.4
3.2
3
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28
input frequency(Khz)
Parallel LCR:
1. Capacitor: 0.01 μF; Inductor: 10 mH; Resistor: 300 Ω
Input frequency(khz) Currenrt(mA) Voltage(V)
11 1.296 0.3888
12 1.0206 0.30618
13 0.761 0.2283
14 0.5237 0.15711
15 0.3242 0.09726
16 0.244 0.0732
17 0.3302 0.09906
18 0.4934 0.14802
19 0.6687 0.20061
20 0.8408 0.25224
21 1.005 0.3015
22 1.162 0.3486
23 1.308 0.3924
0.25
0.2
0.15
0.1
0.05
0
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
Input frequency(Khz)
PART B
RC Discharging circuit:
Capacitor: 30μF; Resistor: 1 MΩ
Time elapsed(s) Current(mA)
0 0
5 4.32
10 3.78
15 3.12
20 2.62
25 2.23
30 1.9
35 1.59
40 1.34
45 1.14
50 0.98
55 0.83
60 0.71
Current vs time
4
3.5
3
Current(mA)
2.5
1.5 4.32
0.5
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Time(s)
IV. Results:
The value of resonant frequency for the following cases are:
1. Series LCR; Capacitor: 0.47 μF; Inductor: 6.85 mH; Resistor: 300 Ω =20.5
kHz
2. Parallel LCR; Capacitor: 0.01 μF; Inductor: 10 mH; Resistor: 300 Ω = 15.9
kHz
For part B, the time constant calculated is:
I1 t −t
1 2
= 𝑒( 𝜏 )
𝐼2
So, the time constant is:
τ = 29.1s
with an error of ±2s.
Thus, τ = (29.1 ±2) s
The high error in the calculation of time constant is due to the high error in
measuring time intervals (intervals mare of 5s each).
Under experimental errors, the resonant frequencies of parallel and series
LCR circuits and the time constant of RC circuit is calculated.