E205 Thin Lenses Data Sheet

THIN LENSES
Name (Surname, Given Name, M.I.) Cruz, Alec Casey P. Program/Year AR-1
Student number 2021104735 Date Completed July 28, 2022
VIRTUAL LABORATORY WORKSHEET
OBJECTIVES
 To describe how thin lenses refract light.
 To determine the location, orientation, and magnification of images formed by concave and convex lenses.
MATERIAL NEEDED
 Concave and Convex Lenses: https://ophysics.com/l12.html
Data
Table 1. Images Formed by a Converging Lens
focal length = 4 cm
Object Image Object Image M1 M2

TRIAL distance distance height height hi /ho di /do
( do ) ( di ) ( ho ) ( hi )
1 do >2f 9 cm 7.2 cm 1 cm -0.8 cm -1.25 1.25
2 do = 2f 8 cm 8 cm -1 cm 1 cm -1 1
3 2f>do>f 7 cm 9.33 cm 2 cm -2.67 cm 1.33 -1.33
4 do=f 4 cm 0 cm -1 cm 0 cm No Image No Image
5 do<f 3 cm -12 cm 1 cm 4 cm -4 4
NOTE: Disregard the signs for M1 and M2 and compare only their magnitudes.
Screenshot (all trials):
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Table 2. Image Formed by a Diverging Lens
focal length = 3 cm
Object distance Image Object I

TRIAL ( do ) distance height
( di ) ( ho)
1 3 cm 0 cm 2 cm
2 6 cm 6 cm 2 cm
3 9 cm 4.5 cm 2 cm
NOTE: Disregard the signs for M1 and M2 and compare only their magnitudes.
Screenshot (all trials):

Sample Calculation (Table 1)
Trial No. 1
f =4 d o=9 d i=?
1 1 1
= +
f do di
1 1 1 36
= + = ∨7.2d i =7.2
4 9 di 5
Sample Calculation (Table 2)

Trial No. 3
f =3 d o =9 d i=?
1 1 1
= +
f do di
1 1 1 9
= + = ∨4.5 d i=4.5
3 9 di 2
Laboratory Report
E205 Thin Lenses
Results and Discussion

Within the duration of the virtual laboratory experiment we have come to understand the concept of
Thin Lenses and the terms related to the said topic. To complete the experiment, we were tasked to complete a
table and use a virtual lab website entitled “Concave and Convex Lenses” to do so. In looking through the given
website we were able to understand that a transparent substance that has either one plane and one curved edge
or two non-parallel curved edges is a lens. Converging lenses are lenses that are thicker in the middle. The lens
is referred to as a diverging lens if the middle portion is thinner. The focal length of a lens determines how
much it can magnify.

Within the experiment, we are tasked to measure the distances between the objects and the images to
calculate the focal length of two convex lenses. In the first table of the lab experiment, the trials were performed
in ways where we varied the object distance while the focal length was constant, and we had to follow a specific
image requirement which is stated beside the table per each row. Through those trials, the closer the object is to
the lens, it has greater magnitude. It can also be observed that within one trial, where the object distance is equal
to the value of the focal length, there was no image can be formed. It can also be seen that whenever the image
produced by the lens will be inverted when M is negative, but it will have the same vertical orientation as the
original item if M is positive. If the image is determined to be inverted during the experiment, the image height
must be represented negatively. Same observations can be seen also in table two.
To test whether the given values from the virtual lab website are accurate, we were tasked to complete a
Sample Calculation at the end of the worksheet. Within this part of the experiment, the Thin Lens Equation was
used to determine the accuracy of the values, which is:
1 1 1
= +
f do di
Wherein, f is the focal length, d o is the object distance, and the d i is the image distance respectively. As this
equation was used, it was safe to say that based from the results from computing the Sample Calculation table
that the values given by the virtual lab was accurate.
Conclusion
Overall, the experiment was very enjoyable and easy to complete such that somewhat the e procedures
are the same as the last experiment given to us. We also came to learn that from this experience in doing the
virtual laboratory experiment is that and as stated earlier, converging and diverging lenses make up the majority
of all lenses. The centers and edges of convergent, or convex, lenses are thicker. When traveling through a
convex lens, parallel light rays refract and come together at a single point. Concave or diverging lenses have
centers that are thinner than their corners. Diverging lenses, as opposed to converging lenses, stretch out the
parallel light rays. Additionally, we learned the importance of the thin lens equation is that the image distance
can be determined using the lens equation for positive or negative lenses and for real or virtual pictures. You
can estimate the size of the image using the linear magnification relationship.

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VIRTUAL LABORATORY WORKSHEET

Table 1. Images Formed by a Converging Lens

Object Image Object Image M1 M2

4 do=f 4 cm 0 cm -1 cm 0 cm No Image No Image

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Object distance Image Object I

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Sample Calculation (Table 2)

Results and Discussion

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