Lab Report Christina Wen, Vince Tian

Data and graph:

Trial 1 Measured Stretch Length (m): 0.02

Temperature (C) Temperature (K) Force (N) Force per Length (N/m)
2 275.15 1.282 34.18666667
23 296.15 1.457 38.85333333
78 351.15 2.167 57.78666667
Trial 2 Measured Stretch Length (m): 0.04

Temperature (C) Temperature (K) Force (N) Force per Length (N/m)
2 275.15 2.869 49.89565217
23 296.15 3.069 53.37391304
83 356.15 3.208 55.79130435
Trial 3 Measured Stretch Length (m): 0.06

Temperature (C) Temperature (K) Force (N) Force per Length (N/m)
2 275.15 3.497 45.12258065
23 296.15 3.772 48.67096774
74 347.15 4.002 51.63870968

Force vs Temperature at Fixed Length

4.5

4.0

3.5
Force (N) per Length (m)

3.0 F @ 2 cm
2.5 F @ 4 cm

2.0 F @ 6 cm
Linear (F @ 2 cm)
1.5
Linear (F @ 4 cm)
1.0
Linear (F @ 6 cm)
0.5

0.0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Temperature (Kelvin)
 Force vs Temperature at Fixed Length
4.5

4.0

3.5
Force (N) per Length (m)

3.0 F @ 2 cm
2.5 F @ 4 cm

2.0 F @ 6 cm
Linear (F @ 2 cm)
1.5
Linear (F @ 4 cm)
1.0
Linear (F @ 6 cm)
0.5

0.0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Temperature (Kelvin)

Force per Length vs Temperature

70

60
Force (N) per Length (m)

50

40 F/L @ 2 cm
F/L @ 4 cm
30
F/L @ 6 cm
20 Linear (F/L (All))

10

0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Temperature (Kelvin)
 Force per Length vs Temperature
70

60
Force (N) per Length (m)

50

40 F/L @ 2 cm
F/L @ 4 cm
30
F/L @ 6 cm
20 Linear (F/L (All))

10

0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Temperature (Kelvin)

Conclusion:
The tension force is directly proportional to temperature. Based on the F. vs T.
graph, there's two sets of graph that are close to parallel to each other and the
data points all fall roughly on a single line. Therefore, we can conclude that one of
the three sets of data is off. But based on the two parallel graph we can conclude
that the single polymer chain model is adequate to describe the data.