ALAGU JOTHI ACADEMY

(AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CBSE SR. SEC. SCHOOL)

(Affiliated to CBSE New Delhi)

No. 3 Melaiyur, Karuvazhakkari post,
Poompuhar Road, Nagai Dist. 609 304

CLASS XII
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

2016 - 2017

ALAGU JOTHI ACADEMY

(AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CBSE SR. SEC. SCHOOL)

(Affiliated to CBSE New Delhi)

No. 3 Melaiyur, Karuvazhakkari post,
Poompuhar Road,
Nagai Dist. 609 304

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
PHYSICS INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

2016-17
REG NO:
This is certified to be the Bonafide record of work done by
_______________________ of class ________ in the physics lab of the school
during the year 2016-2017.
Submitted for the ALL INDIA SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION held on ______________ at ___________________________.

Principal

Teacher In charge

Internal Examiner

External Examiner

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
This is to certify that master NAVEEN.VR, student of Class
XII of Alagu Jothi Academy, An International Standard CBSE
Sr. Sec. School, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam District has
completed the Investigatory Project on topic TO FIND THE
RIFRACTIVE INDEX OF WATER AND TERPENTINE OIL
USING PLANE MIRROR Under my guidance. This project is
absolutely genuine and does not contain of any plagiarized
materials. The references taken in this project have been declared
at the end of this report.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
With immense pleasure, I extent my heartful thanks to those
who help me to go a long way in the completion of this
investigatory project.
I also express my gratitude to Mrs.S.SUNANTHA, physics
teacher, without her valuable guidance it would have been
impossible to complete my project work.
I am also thankful to my parents, whole staff of the school for
their timely help. I also thank my Principal Mr. C. Noel Mani for
his immense cooperation.
Above all I thank Almighty who is always there to help me.

AIM:
To find Refractive Indices of Water And Turpentine Oil using a
plane mirror, a equiconvex lens (made from a glass of known
refractive index) and an adjustable object needle

APPARATUS:
A convex lens, an optical needle, a plane mirror, a clamp stand, a
spherometer, a plumb line, metre scale, water and turpentine oil

THEORY:

The focal length of the plano-concave lens is, .(i)

From Lens Maker's formula,

=(
R 1 = R and R 2 = for water lens.

The refractive index of water is , .(ii)

(where 'R' is the radius of curvature of the concave surfaces of the

plano-concave lens).
The Radius of curvature of the lens, is

(iii)

PROCEDURE:

 For finding the focal length of convex lens:

Measure the rough focal length of the convex lens.
Place the plane mirror with the convex lens placed on it above the
horizontal base of a clamp stand horizontally as its tip lies
vertically above the optical centre of the lens. Adjust the needle at
a height a little more than the rough focal length of the convex
lens.
Try to remove the parallax between the tip of the object needle
and its image tip.
Note the distance of the tip of the needle from the centre of the
upper surface of the lens. Let it be x 1. (Use plumb line).
Remove the convex lens and measure the distance of the tip of
the needle from the plane mirror. Let it be x 2 . (Use plumb line).
2 (vi) Repeat and record all the observations.
For finding the focal length of the plano-concave lens:
Pour few drops of water over the plane mirror and place the convex
lens over it. Repeat steps (ii) to (iv) as done above.Repeat the
procedure with turpentine oil also.
For finding 'l':
Determine the pitch and least count of scale of the spherometer.
Place the spherometer on the dried surface of the convex lens. Turn
the screw downwards very gently till the tip of the screw just
touches the lens. Read and record the reading.

Keep the spherometer's legs on the base of a paper and adjusting

the central screw, find the pricks A, B and C of the three legs of the
spherometer. Join the centres of the three pricks and measure the
lengths with the half-metre scale. Note the values of AB, BC and
AC

CONCLUSION:

Pitch of the spherometer= 1 cm

Least count of the spherometer = 0.01 cm
Distance between the legs:
AB = 3 cm
BC = 3 cm
CA = 3 cm