Lab Partner # 1

# 2
# 3
Mass in Pan
(kg)
Time for 10
Vibrations (s)
Period (s)
0.050 2.95 0.295
0.100 3.45 0.345
0.150 3.94 0.394
0.200 4.34 0.434
0.250 4.75 0.475
0.300 5.12 0.512
0.350 5.51 0.551
0.400 5.91 0.591
0.450 6.26 0.626
0.500 6.62 0.662
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Unknown # 1
Unknown # 2
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0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
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0.000 0.100 0.200 0.300
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Mass In Pan (g)
Period vs. Mass for Inertial Balance
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y = 0.8052x + 0.2671
0.300 0.400 0.500 0.600
Mass In Pan (g)
Period vs. Mass for Inertial Balance
1)
2)
Unknown # Mass From Digital Balance (g) Mass From Inertial Balance (g)
1
2
1)
2)
Location Spring Scale Tripple Beam Balance
Classroom Y/N Y/N
On the Moon Y/N Y/N
On an orbiting
spacecraft
Y/N Y/N
Results
Questions
What factors during the course of the experiment could have caused differences in the masses found using the inertial
balances?
Using the equation that was found from the calibration graph, substitute the period of the unknown into y and solve
for the mass (x). Show your work in the space provided next to the data table. Record your results in the table.
Find the difference between the calculated mass and the mass measured from the balance. Record your results in the
table.
Which device(s) (the triple-beam balance, spring scale, or inertia balance) would work and give proper values under
the following conditions? GIVE REASONS WHY
Reasons:
Reasons:
Reasons:
3) Did gravity affect this experiment at all? What is the relationship between mass and weight?
Difference (g)
Inertial Balance
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
What factors during the course of the experiment could have caused differences in the masses found using the inertial
balances?
Using the equation that was found from the calibration graph, substitute the period of the unknown into y and solve
for the mass (x). Show your work in the space provided next to the data table. Record your results in the table.
Find the difference between the calculated mass and the mass measured from the balance. Record your results in the
table.
Which device(s) (the triple-beam balance, spring scale, or inertia balance) would work and give proper values under
the following conditions? GIVE REASONS WHY
Reasons:
Reasons:
Reasons:
Did gravity affect this experiment at all? What is the relationship between mass and weight?