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    To Find The Focal Length of Concave Mirror

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    The document describes an experiment to determine the focal length of a concave mirror. Students are instructed to place a concave mirror at different distances (u) from an object and measure the corresponding image distances (v). Using the mirror formula, 1/f = 1/u + 1/v, students calculate the focal length (f) for each u and v pair and average the results. They also graph u vs v and 1/u vs 1/v to determine f from the intercepts. The expected results are negative values for f, consistent with the properties of a concave mirror.

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    To Find The Focal Length of Concave Mirror

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    The document describes an experiment to determine the focal length of a concave mirror. Students are instructed to place a concave mirror at different distances (u) from an object and measure the corresponding image distances (v). Using the mirror formula, 1/f = 1/u + 1/v, students calculate the focal length (f) for each u and v pair and average the results. They also graph u vs v and 1/u vs 1/v to determine f from the intercepts. The expected results are negative values for f, consistent with the properties of a concave mirror.

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    The document describes an experiment to determine the focal length of a concave mirror. Students are instructed to place a concave mirror at different distances (u) from an object and measure the corresponding image distances (v). Using the mirror formula, 1/f = 1/u + 1/v, students calculate the focal length (f) for each u and v pair and average the results. They also graph u vs v and 1/u vs 1/v to determine f from the intercepts. The expected results are negative values for f, consistent with the properties of a concave mirror.

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    To Find The Focal Length of Concave Mirror

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    The document describes an experiment to determine the focal length of a concave mirror. Students are instructed to place a concave mirror at different distances (u) from an object and measure the corresponding image distances (v). Using the mirror formula, 1/f = 1/u + 1/v, students calculate the focal length (f) for each u and v pair and average the results. They also graph u vs v and 1/u vs 1/v to determine f from the intercepts. The expected results are negative values for f, consistent with the properties of a concave mirror.

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    Experiment 8

    Aim: To find the value of v for different values of u in case of a concave mirror
    and to find the focal length.

    Materials Required: The materials required for this experiment:


    A concave mirror. A mirror holder, Screen A half-metre scale

    Theory: We use mirror formula for the determination of focal length.


    Mirror formula is given as:

    1/f = 1/v + 1/u


    From the above equation, we get the focal length as:

    Where,

     f is the focal length of a concave mirror


     u is the distance of object needle from the pole of the mirror
     v is the distance of image needle from the pole of the mirror
    The value of f will be negative for concave mirror . This is according to the sign-
    convention, u and v have negative values.

    Ray Diagram
    Procedure
    To determine the focal length
    1.by distant object method (rough method ):

     Fix the given concave mirror on the stand and place it on a table, facing
    towards a distant object.
     Arrange the screen on the table so that the image of the distant object is
    obtained on it.
     Measure the distance between mirror and screen using a metre scale. It
    can be taken as the focal length (f) of the mirror.

    2.By u-v method :

     Using the focal length obtained by distant object method


     set the values of u (distance between mirror and object
     Place the mirror in front of an illuminated candle . It acts as the object.
     Now, fix the mirror at the distance u from the candle .
     Place the screen on the table facing the mirror in such a way that the
    reflected image lies on the screen.
     We can adjust the position of the screen to get the clear image of the
    candle .
     Keeping the distance between object and mirror fixed, adjust the position
    of screen in order to get the clear image of the object.
     Record the values of u and v in a tabular column.
     Calculate the focal length of the given concave mirror by using the
    relation, f = uv/(u+v).
     Repeat the experiment for different values of u and in each time, measure
    v and record it in the tabular column.
     Calculate the focal length (f) of the concave mirror each time.
     Calculate the mean of all focal lengths to get the correct focal length of
    the given concave mirror.
     The focal length of the mirror can also be measured graphically by plotting
    graphs between u & v, and 1/u & 1/v.

    Observations

    Distance between the mirror and


    1/u 1/v
    No. Object, u Image, v
    (cm-1) (cm-1)
    (cm) (cm) (cm)

    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    Mean, f = ………. cm

    Calculations:
    1.Calculate the value of focal length (f) each time and find its mean.
    Plot a graph with u along X axis and v along Y axis by taking same scale for
    drawing the X and Y axes. Draw the bisector OA and join OC and OB.
    Thus, OC=OB= 2f. Calculate the focal length from this.
    from u-v graph,
    OB =….....….cm
    OD = ...……..cm
    f= (OB +OD )/4
    = ........... cm

    3. By 1/u-1/v graph
    Plot a graph with 1/u along X axis and 1/v along Y axis by taking same scale for
    drawing the X and Y axes. The graph is a straight line intercepting the axes at A
    and B. Then OA=OB= 1/f. Calculate the focal length from this.
    From 1/u – 1/v graph,
    OA =1/f =…………cm
    OB =1/f =…...…... cm

    = ............ cm

    Results
    The focal length “ f “ of the given concave mirror,
    1.By u-v method from Tabular form = ……..cm
    2.From u-v graph = .…….. cm
    3.From 1/u- 1/v graph = ……...cm

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