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.

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