Your lab instructor has asked you to measure a spring constant using a dynamic method—letting it oscillate—rather than a sta
tic method of stretching it. You and your lab partner suspend the spring from a hook, hang different masses, m, on the lower end, and start them oscillating. One of you uses a meter stick to measure the amplitude, A, and the other uses a stopwatch to time 10 oscillations, t. Your data are as follows:Mass, m(g) Amplitude, A(cm) Time, T(s) 100 6.5 7.8150 5.5 9.8200 6.0 10.9250 3.5 12.4Use the best-fit line of an appropriate graph to determine the spring constant.
1 answer:
Answer:
k = 6,547 N / m
Explanation:
This laboratory experiment is a simple harmonic motion experiment, where the angular velocity of the oscillation is
w = √ (k / m)
angular velocity and rel period are related
w = 2π / T
substitution
T = 2π √(m / K)
in Experimental measurements give us the following data
m (g) A (cm) t (s) T (s)
100 6.5 7.8 0.78
150 5.5 9.8 0.98
200 6.0 10.9 1.09
250 3.5 12.4 1.24
we look for the period that is the time it takes to give a series of oscillations, the results are in the last column
T = t / 10
To find the spring constant we linearize the equation
T² = (4π²/K) m
therefore we see that if we make a graph of T² against the mass, we obtain a line, whose slope is
m ’= 4π² / k
where m’ is the slope
k = 4π² / m'
the equation of the line of the attached graph is
T² = 0.00603 m + 0.0183
therefore the slope
m ’= 0.00603 s²/g
we calculate
k = 4 π² / 0.00603
k = 6547 g / s²
we reduce the mass to the SI system
k = 6547 g / s² (1kg / 1000 g)
k = 6,547 kg / s² =
k = 6,547 N / m
let's reduce the uniqueness
[N / m] = [(kg m / s²) m] = [kg / s²]
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