College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
1Q20.10 - Angular Momentum Machine
Procedure should be self evident from the photos for the large unit on rolling stand.
The PASCO device can be used if it is desired to collect or display data. Note that data for two equally spaced masses or a single point mass can be displayed with this unit.
The smaller "rod with two masses" unit can be attached to a PASCO or Vernier rotary motion sensor for collection or display of data.
A large version of this demonstration may be shown using the Cenco Apparatus which is set up as depicted in picture # 5. A stop watch or a photogate may be used to collect the data.
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- Alex Fogel, "Building A "No-Cost" Apparatus To Demonstrate Rotational Inertia", TPT, Vol. 22, # 5, May 1984, p. 333.
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- Ms- 7, Mr- 5, Freier and Anderson, A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.
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- Experiment 9 - Moment of Inertia
- Experiment 8 -Moment of Inertia
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