In this experiment you will repeat the study by Edwin Hall, a graduate student here at Hopkins in 1878, which allows one to measure the effect of magnetic field on the charge carriers in solids.
Instructions are available here .
Write-up by Dr. Steve Wonnell is here .
Be careful with the probe, do not exceed voltage and current, do not keep current for a long time.
Perform your experiment with both silver and tungsten samples. Describe the differences and perform quantitative analysis.
Prior notes on this experiment may be found here .
Andrei Gritsan
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