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1F10.10 - Inertial Balance

Code Number: 1F10.10
Demo Title: Inertial Balance
Condition: Excellent
Principle: Inertia
Area of Study: Mechanics
Equipment:
Inertial balance, C-clamp, additional mass.
Procedure:
Clamp the balance to the edge of a table. Time 10 cycles of the balance, and then add the mass to the tray and time the cycles again.
References:
- Azael Barrera-Garrido, "A smartphone inertial balance", TPT, Vol. 55, April 2017, p. 248.
- Borislaw Bilash II, David Maiullo, "What Is Inertia", A Demo a Day: A Year of Physics Demonstrations, p. 52.
- "Kings Island Banshee", Popular Science, April 2014, p. 16.
- Borislaw Bilash II, “Difficult to Move“, A Demo A Day – A Year of Physical Science Demonstrations, p. 206.