PHYSICS 333

Lab Schedule - Fall 2000

Lab Time: 1:00 - 3:50 Wednesday

Instructor: Craig Welch

Date	Experiment	Due Date
6 September	Statistics	20 September
20 September	Absorption of Radiation	4 October
4 October	Electrostatic Deflection	11 October
11 October	Electron and X-ray Diffraction	25 October
25 October	Eigenvalue Problem	8 November
8 November	Blackbody Radiation	29 November
29 November	Critical Potentials	6 December

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