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    Weight of Ruler by Moments

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    1. This document describes an experiment to determine the weight of a metre ruler using moments. A ruler is balanced on a knife edge with additional weights added near one end. 2. The knife edge position is adjusted until balancing is achieved again for each added weight. The distances from the weight and knife edge to the ruler's center of gravity are measured and recorded. 3. A graph of distance p vs. q/W is made, and the gradient equals the ruler's weight in newtons. The gradient represents the ruler weight because when balanced, the anticlockwise moment of the added weight equals the clockwise moment of the ruler weight.

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    1. This document describes an experiment to determine the weight of a metre ruler using moments. A ruler is balanced on a knife edge with additional weights added near one end. 2. The knife edge position is adjusted until balancing is achieved again for each added weight. The distances from the weight and knife edge to the ruler's center of gravity are measured and recorded. 3. A graph of distance p vs. q/W is made, and the gradient equals the ruler's weight in newtons. The gradient represents the ruler weight because when balanced, the anticlockwise moment of the added weight equals the clockwise moment of the ruler weight.

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    1. This document describes an experiment to determine the weight of a metre ruler using moments. A ruler is balanced on a knife edge with additional weights added near one end. 2. The knife edge position is adjusted until balancing is achieved again for each added weight. The distances from the weight and knife edge to the ruler's center of gravity are measured and recorded. 3. A graph of distance p vs. q/W is made, and the gradient equals the ruler's weight in newtons. The gradient represents the ruler weight because when balanced, the anticlockwise moment of the added weight equals the clockwise moment of the ruler weight.

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    Weight of Ruler by Moments

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    1. This document describes an experiment to determine the weight of a metre ruler using moments. A ruler is balanced on a knife edge with additional weights added near one end. 2. The knife edge position is adjusted until balancing is achieved again for each added weight. The distances from the weight and knife edge to the ruler's center of gravity are measured and recorded. 3. A graph of distance p vs. q/W is made, and the gradient equals the ruler's weight in newtons. The gradient represents the ruler weight because when balanced, the anticlockwise moment of the added weight equals the clockwise moment of the ruler weight.

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    Finding the weight of a ruler using moments

    Apparatus:
    Metre ruler, knife edge, set of 100g masses [M20C]

    Diagram:
    weight W

    distance p

    metre ruler balanced


    on knife edge

    distance q

    knife edge

    centre of gravity of the ruler

    Procedure:
    1.

    Place the metre ruler (without the weight shown in the above diagram) on the knife edge so that it is balanced.
    The knife edge should be roughly below the 50cm mark on the ruler. Note down the precise position of the knife edge
    below the ruler to the nearest mm. This is the position of the ruler's centre of gravity.

    2.

    Place a 100g mass, a weight of 1N, near the left-hand end of the ruler as shown in the diagram above.
    The ruler will tip down on this side.

    3.

    Move the knife edge towards the weight until the ruler again balances.
    Measure the distance p (in mm) between the centre of the weight and the new knife edge position and the
    distance q (in mm) between the new knife edge position and the position of the centre of gravity of the ruler
    (see diagram above).

    4.

    Record your measurements in a table with the headings shown below.

    5.

    Repeat stages 2 to 4 for weights of 2N (using 200g of mass) to 9N (900g mass).

    Calculations:
    1.

    When the ruler is balanced the anticlockwise moment caused by the weight of the masses is equal to the clockwise
    moment caused by the weight of the ruler.
    Therefore:
    weight of mass, W (N) x distance p (mm) = ruler weight R (N) x distance q (mm)

    2.

    Calculate the value distance, q divided by weight of mass , W [q / W] for each of your results in the appropriate column
    in the table.
    Weight of mass W
    in newtons

    Distance p
    (mm)

    Distance q
    (mm)

    3.

    Draw a graph of distance p (mm) [Y-AXIS] against q / W (mm/N) [X-AXIS]

    4.

    Measure the gradient of this graph.


    The gradient is equal to the weight of the ruler in newtons.
    Write out clearly your answer.

    5.

    Explain why the gradient of your graph equals the weight of the ruler

    KT

    21 October 2003

    v. 1.1

    q divided by W
    (mm/N)

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