Physics Laboratory Equipment: Backbone of all Physics Experiments

Being a science concerning matter and forces, physics plays a vital role in everyone’s life. That is why physics experiments are being conducted by scientists and physicists to check the relevance and authenticity of already existing theories and principles. In a physics laboratory, we find different equipment and apparatus meant for performing experiments in different branches of physics.

The common type of physical laboratory equipment and tools that we find in all physics laboratories are telescope, potentiometer, electroscope, voltmeter, resistance box, capacitor, electron microscope, spectrophotometer, micrometer, pulley, pendulum, multimeter, barometer, rheostat, Vernier Callipers and induction coils. These instruments help students to understand how a specific tool is used, to understand the inherent uncertainties of the measurements, to feel the role and existence of set theories and principles and to go through various fundamental concepts of physics. All apparatus and instruments whether beakers or tweezers or volt meters or thongs or hot plates or test tubes contribute in making an experiment successful in all aspects. With a physics instrument a student or physicist or scientist can get what he/she wants and expects from his/her ongoing experiment. These instruments are like raw materials for an experiment making it possible and happen.