Physics Department

INFRASTRUCTURE

SMART CLASSROOM (ROOM NO. 104) WITH LCD PROJECTOR FACILITY AND SMART BOARD

 

 

COMPUTER LABORATORY FOR STUDENTS WITH SEATING CAPACITY OF 10

SEMINAR LIBRARY

Departmental Library consists of 310 volumes of books covering the different topics of Physics.

 

PHYSICS LABORATORIES

 

Optics Laboratory

Thermal Physics Laboratory and Mechanics and Electricity & Magnetism Laboratory

Equipments Purchased from the grant received under DBT STAR COLLEGE SCHEME of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (2022-2023)

  1. To determine the ionization potential of mercury
  2. CRO (Analog dual trace 4 channel-60MHz Bandwidth with probes) -Systronics
  3. Research Optical Bench
  4. Diffraction Grating-Hilger& Watt (Original) (England)
  5. Microwave oven to determine the velocity of light
  6. Ballistic Galvanometer (Low CDR)
  7. Smart Board
  8. Measurement of field strength B and its variation in a solenoid (determine dB/dx)
  9. To study response curve of a Series LCR circuit and determine its (a) Resonant frequency, (b) Impedance at resonance, (c) Quality factor Q, and (d) Band width
  10. Measurement of the velocity of sound by Kundt’s tube
  11. To compare capacitances using De’Sauty’s bridge
  12. Three motion travelling microscope
  13. High Intensity Discharge Tube with Compatible voltage source and stand
  14. Astronomical Telescope
  15. Photo-electric effect: photo current versus intensity and wavelength of light; maximum energy of photoelectrons versus frequency of light
  16. To determine work function of material of filament of directly heated vacuum diode
  17. To determine the Planck’s constant using LEDs of at least 4 different colours- SES Roorky
  18. To determine the absorption lines in the rotational spectrum of Iodine vapour
  19. Desktop Computer
  20. Planetary Ball Mill, 220V
  21. Charge Discharge Key
  22. Oil Free Pump
  23. Ultrasonic Cleaner
  24. Magnetic stirrer with hot plate and digital speed indicator (1L capacity)
  25. Binocular
  26. Determination of wavelength of light using laser and single slit/wire
  27. Set up to measure Q of a coil and its dependence on frequency using a Q-meter
  28. Set up to verify the law of Malus for plane polarized light
  29. Determination of coefficient of linear expansion with travelling microscope/Telescope
  30. Measurement of Planck’s constant using black body radiation and photo detector-SES Roorky

 

Equipments Purchased from the grant received from Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal in 2023-2024

Name and Specification of Equipment Quantity
Single Beam UV-Vis Spectrophotometer 1
Mercury Vapour Lamp-50W 5

 

Equipments Purchased from 2018 to 2022 from RUSA grant and fund from Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal

Sl.No Equipment Name Purchase Year Quantity
1 To determine the Moment of Inertia of a Flywheel 2019 2
2 To determine the elastic Constants of a wire by Searle’s
method		 2019 2
3 Response curve study of a
Series/parallel LCR circuit/or the characteristics of a series RC Circuit		 2019 6
4 To verify the Thevenin and
Norton theorems		 2019 3
5 To verify the Superposition, and Maximum power transfer theorems 2019 1
6 To determine self inductance of a coil by Anderson’s bridge 2019 5
7 To determine temperature coefficient of resistance by meter bridge 2019 5
8 To determine Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, J, by Callender and Barne’s constant flow method 2019 3
9 To determine the Coefficient of
Thermal Conductivity of Cu
by Searle’s Apparatus		 2019 3
10 To verify the law of Malus for plane polarized light 2019 1
11 To determine the specific rotation of sugar solution using
Polarimeter		 2019 6
12 To determine wavelength of
sodium light using Newton’s Rings		 2019 5
13 To verify and design AND, OR, NOT and XOR gates using NAND gates 2019 5
14 Half Subtractor, Full Subtractor, Adder Subtractor using Full Adder I.C 2019 4
15 To build a 4-bit Counter using D type/JK Flip-Flop ICs and study timing diagram, To make a 4-bit ShiŌ Register (serial and parallel) using D-type/JK Flip Flop ICs. 2019 2
16 To design an a stable
multivibrator of
given specifications
using 555 Timer		 2019 3
17 Measurement of Planck’s constant using black body
radiation and photo-detector.		 2019 1
18 Photo-electric effect: photo
current versus intensity and wavelength of light; maximum energy of photo-electrons versus frequency of light		 2019 2
19 To determine work function of material of filament of directly heated vacuum diode. 2019 1
20 To determine the Planck’s constant
using LEDs of at least 4 different colours.		 2019 1
21 To determine the ionization potential
of mercury.		 2019 1
22 To determine the absorption lines in
the rotational spectrum of Iodine vapour.		 2019 1
23 To determine the value of e/m by (a)
Magnetic focusing or (b) Bar magnet.		 2019 3
24 Determination of separation of d1
and d2 lines of Na by using plane transmission grating.		 2019 1
25 Frank-Hertz experiment 2019 1
26 Determination of grating element of a
diffraction grating using a semiconductor laser.		 2019 2
27 To study the Motion of Spring and
calculate a) Spring constant, b) g and c) Modulus of rigidity		 2019 3

COMPUTERS

Sl. No. Department Computer placed in Room No. Processor RAM (GB) Internet Connectivity available? Desktop/Laptop
1 Physics Physics Teachers’ Room Intel Dual Core 4 Yes Desktop
2 Physics Physics Teachers’ Room Intel Dual Core 4 Yes Desktop
3 Physics Physics Teachers’ Room Intel Dual Core 4 Yes Desktop
4 Physics Physics Computer Lab Intel i5 4 Yes Desktop
5 Physics Physics Computer Lab Intel i3 4 Yes Desktop
6 Physics Physics Computer Lab Intel i3 4 Yes Desktop
7 Physics Physics Computer Lab Intel i3 4 Yes Desktop
8 Physics Physics Computer Lab Intel i3 4 Yes Desktop
9 Physics Physics Computer Lab Intel i3 4 Yes Desktop
10 Physics Physics Computer Lab Intel i3 4 Yes Desktop
11 Physics Physics Computer Lab Intel i3 4 Yes Desktop
12 Physics Physics Computer Lab Intel i3 4 Yes Desktop
13 Physics Physics Computer Lab Intel i3 4 Yes Desktop
14 Physics Physics Computer Lab Intel i3 4 Yes Desktop
15 Physics Physics Teachers’ Room Intel i3 4 Yes Laptop
16 Physics Physics Teachers’ Room Intel i3 4 Yes Laptop
17 Physics Physics Teachers’ Room Intel i3 2 Yes Laptop