Measurement Techniques
- Common instruments used in Physics are:
- Metre rules - to measure distance and length
- Balances - to measure mass
- Protractors - to measure angles
- Stopwatches - to measure time
- Ammeters - to measure current
- Voltmeters - to measure potential difference
- More complicated instruments such as the micrometer screw gauge and Vernier calipers can be used to more accurately measure length
- 当使用你不像这样的测量仪器ed to ensure that you are fully aware of what each division on a scale represents
- This is known as theresolution
- The resolution is the smallest change in the physical quantity being measured that results in a change in the reading given by the measuring instrument
- The smaller the change that can be measured by the instrument, the greater the degree of resolution
- For example, a standard mercury thermometer has a resolution of 1°C whereas a typical digital thermometer will have a resolution of 0.1°C
- The digital thermometer has a higher resolution than the mercury thermometer
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Micrometer Screw Gauge
How to operate a micrometer
Vernier Calipers
How to operate vernier calipers