Physics307L:People/Rivera/Notebook/071008

Balmer Series

^{SJK 00:39, 26 October 2007 (CDT)}

00:39, 26 October 2007 (CDT)
While your data are excellent, you need more information in your primary lab notebook! For example, you need to record on this page what the units are for the numbers you are writing down, and some clues as to what you are doing. Try to imagine this scenario: you take a whole bunch of excellent data with Brian, and record it in your primary lab notebook, intending to "write it up" later. Then, however, there is a fire drill at CHTM that ends up taking 17 weeks to carry out. 17 weeks later, you return to this lab notebook and have to figure out what the heck you were recording! Well, I don't know if that makes it any clearer, but my point is that you need to take more notes while you are taking data because you will be surprised at how many little details will matter later that you cannot remember.

The notes do not have to be eloquent or anything, stream of consciousness, quick notes are much much better than none at all.

Mercury Counter Clockwise

Violet	Green	Yellow	Yellow	Red
435.75	547	578.5	582	700
435.25	548	579	581.5	700.25
436.5	548	578.5	581	701
436	548	579	581.5	701
436.5	547	579	581	702

Hydrogen Counter Clockwise

[math]\displaystyle{ Violet=\gt H-\delta }[/math]	[math]\displaystyle{ Violet=\gt H-\gamma }[/math]	[math]\displaystyle{ Blue-Green=\gt H-\beta }[/math]	[math]\displaystyle{ Red=\gt H-\alpha }[/math]
410.5	434.5	487	662
410	434.5	487	663
409.5	434.5	488	667
410.5	434.75	487.25	663
410.5	434.75	487	661.5
410.25	434.75	487	661
410.25	434.75	487	663
410	434.5	487	662.5
410	434.75	487	662
410.25	434.75	487	662.5

Deuterium Counter Clockwise

[math]\displaystyle{ Violet=\gt H-\delta }[/math]	[math]\displaystyle{ Violet=\gt H-\gamma }[/math]	[math]\displaystyle{ Blue-Green=\gt H-\beta }[/math]	[math]\displaystyle{ Red=\gt H-\alpha }[/math]
410	434.5	486.5	661
410	434.5	486.5	660
409.75	434.5	486.5	661
409.75	434.5	487	661
409.75	434.5	487	660
409.75	434.5	487	661
410	434.25	487	662
410	434.75	487	661
410	434.5	487	661.5

Sodium

visually I can see the 2 yellow lines when the slit is very small but this may be an illusion also can't discern them over the meter.