Inertial balance, C-clamp, additional mass

 

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.