BALLISTIC GALVANOMETER; COIL RESISTANCE: 500 ? TIME PERIOD: HIGH PERIOD OF OSCILLATION, TYPICALLY 10–12 SECONDS OR MORE
•SUSPENSION: PHOSPHOR-BRONZE STRIP OR WIRE, DESIGNED FOR LOW TORSION.
• MIRROR TYPE: CONCAVE MIRROR, OFTEN TO BE PAIRED WITH A LAMP AND SCALE.
•DAMPING: AIR DAMPING WITH EXTREMELY LOW ELECTROMAGNETIC DAMPING
• ZERO SHIFT: SHOULD NOT EXCEED 0.5 PERCENT OF FULL-SCALE READING AFTER A FULL-SCALE DEFLECTION.
•SCALE LINEARITY: THE SCALE BE LINEAR, ALLOWING DIRECT, ACCURATE, AND PRECISE MEASUREMENTS.
•ACCURACY: SENSITIVITY USUALLY REMAINS WITHIN 5 PERCENT OF THE STATED VALUE FOR STANDARD MODELS.
•CONSTRUCTION: MOVING COIL, USUALLY WITH A CORE OF NON CONDUCTING MATERIAL TO MINIMIZE DAMPING.
• CASE: ENCLOSED IN A BAKELITE CASE WITH LEVELLING SCREWS.
• MIRROR AND LAMP ARRANGEMENT: MIRROR REFLECTS A
SPOT ON A SCALE, TYPICALLY SET AT 1 METER, TO READ
DEFLECTIONS.
• POINTER SYSTEM: SOMETIMES A KNIFE EDGE POINTER IS
USED, BUT A MIRROR IS PREFERRED FOR HIGH SENSITIVITY.
• TERMINALS: BRASS TERMINALS WITH KNURLED NUTS.