Mapua Institute of Technology

Department of Physics

Experiment 206
ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE

Name: Salazar, Abigail B.

Program/Year: CE-2
Course
PHY11L/A1

Code/

Section:

Student No.: 2012101116

Group no.: 03

GRADE

Seat No.: 15

Date of Performance: November 24, 2014

Date of Submission: December 1, 2014

Ramil R. Jimenez
Instructor

DATA and OBSERVATIONS

TABLE A. Determination of Specific Gravity of
Unknown Solid Samples Heavier than Water
Sample 1
Sample 2
WA

33.4 g

49.8 g

21.1 g

44.0 g

2.7

8.6

Name of Sample

Aluminum

Brass

Percent Error

0.57 %

1.72 %

Weight in air,
Weight in water,

WW

Specific Gravity,
SG=

WA
W AW W

TABLE B. Determination of Specific Gravity of

Unknown Liquids
Weight in air,
Weight in water,

WA
WW

Weight in the Liquid,

WL

Loss of weight in Liquid,

Sample 1

Sample 2

33.4 g

33.4 g

21.1 g

21.1 g

23.2 g

21.3 g

W A W L

10.2 g

12.1 g

0.82926

0.98373

Name of Sample

Alcohol

Water

Percent Error

1.123 %

1.640 %

Specific Gravity,
SG =

WA
W AW W

TABLE C. Determination of Specific Gravity of

Unknown Liquids Using Hydrometer
Sample 1
Sample 2
Specific Gravity,
WA
W AW W

0.82

1.00

Name of Sample

Alcohol

Water

Percent Error

0.00 %

0.00 %

SG=

TABLE D. Determination of Specific Gravity of

Solid Lighter than Water

Name of Sample:
CORK
Weight of cork in air,
WA

1.7 g

Weight of cork in air

and sinker in water,

22.9 g

W CASW

Weight of both cork in

air and sinker in water,

16.6 g

W (C +S ) W

Specific Gravity,
SG=

WA
W AW W

SAMPLE COMPUTATION

0.269841

TABLE A. Determination of Specific Gravity

of Unknown Solid Samples Heavier than
Water
Sample 1
Weight in air, W = 33.4 g
Weight in water, W = 21.1 g
A

Specific Gravity =

WA
W AW W

33.4
=2.7
33.421.1

Name of Sample: Aluminum

Percent Error

error =

2.715442.700
x 100=0.57
2.71544+ 2.700
2

Sample 2
Weight in air, W = 49.8 g
Weight in water, W = 44.0 g
A

Specific Gravity =

WA
W AW W

Name of Sample: Brass

Percent Error

49.8
=8.6
49.844.0

error =

8.586218.440
x 100=1.72
8.58621+8.44 0
2

TABLE B. Determination of Specific Gravity

of Unknown Liquids
Sample 1
Weight in air, W = 33.4 g
Weight in water, W = 21.1 g
Weight in the Liquid, W = 23.2 g
A

Loss of weight in liquid,

W A W L=33.423.2=10.2 g

Specific Gravity =

W A W L
W AW W

Name of Sample: Alcohol

Percent Error
x 100=1.123
|2.715442.700
2.71544+2.700 |

error =

Sample 2

33.423.2
=0.82926
33.421.1

Weight in air, W = 33.4 g

Weight in water, W = 21.1 g
Weight in the Liquid, W = 21.3 g
A

Loss of weight in liquid,

W A W L=33.421.3=12.1 g

Specific Gravity =

W A W L
W AW W

33.421.3
=0.98373
33.421.1

Name of Sample: Water

Percent Error
x 100=1.640
|8.586218.440
8.58621+8.440 |

error =

TABLE C. Determination of Specific Gravity

of Unknown Liquids Using Hydrometer
Sample 1
Specific Gravity = 0.82
Name of Sample: Alcohol
Percent Error
x 100=0.00
|0.820.82
0.82 |

error =

Sample 1

Specific Gravity = 1.00

Name of Sample: Water
Percent Error
x 100=0.00
|1.001.00
1.00 |

error =

TABLE D. Determination of Specific Gravity

of Solid Lighter than Water
Name of Sample: CORK
Weight of cork in air, W =1.7 g
A

Weight of cork in air and sinker in water,

W CASW =24.8 g

Weight of both cork in air and sinker in water

W (C +S ) W =12 g

Specific Gravity,
SG=

WA
1.7
=
=0.1328125
W CASW W (C+ S) W 24.812

ANALYSIS

1.
When a body is submerged in a liquid,
what factor determines the amount of
buoyant force on it?
When a weight is added in pan1, the position of
pan1 must be closer to the axis of rotation than its
original equilibrium position. Pan2 which has no
additional weight must be farther than the
distance of the lever arm of Pan 1 and vice-versa
when weight is added on pan2.

2.
If a body floats in water, how does the
buoyant force acting on it compare with its
weight?
In Part B of the experiment, the angle of the
spring balance affects the equilibrium because
the spring balance does not give an accurate
reading when it is not hanged upright. What
happened is that when it has an angle, the
equilibrium can still be achieved but the resulting
force measured will not be accurate.

3.
Does wetting the cork first before getting
its weight in air affect the result of the
experiment? Defend your answer
In getting the weight of the beam, the support of
the beam must be transferred to the second
hole as the axis of rotation so that the center of
gravity of the beam does not pass through the
new axis of rotation. Equating the torque of the
center of gravity of the beam and the torque of
the pan and the added weight by letting the
weight of the beam as the unknown will lead to
the formula:
W B=

L1(W 1+ P 1)
L2

CONCLUSION:
1.
What is the relationship between a bodys
weight in air and the buoyant force on it when
it is submerged in water?
Though for a given body mass is constant,
moment of inertia is not, because of the external
forces that act on the system. These external
forces are the place of the axis of rotation, how
far the mass units are from that axis and also the
distribution of weight so even if the mass is
constant, and the moment of inertia changes
significantly due to these forces. Moment of
inertia depends on many factors and the change
of these factors will cause the change in moment
of inertia.

2.
What factors determine the buoyant force
on a body submerged in a liquid?
There are many factors that affect the moment of
inertia of a rigid body. The moment of inertia
depends on its mass distribution; the further

away a mass point, the larger its contribution to

the moment of inertia. It also depends on a
relative position of particles from the axis of
rotation and the position of axis of rotation

3.
A ship floats while a coin sinks in water.
Explain
An object remains in a state of uniform rotational
motion unless acted on by a net torque. Further,
the angular acceleration of an object is
proportional to the net torque acting on it, which
is the analog of Newton's Second Law of motion.
A net torque acting on an object causes a change
in its rotational energy. Moment of inertia is
related to angular acceleration from the formula
of torque:
torque = moment of inertia x angular
acceleration

RESEARCH/APPLICATIONS:
1. Samuel Dixon uses the moment of inertia of
the long rod to help maintain balance as he
crosses the Niagara river (1890).

2. A flywheel is a wheel with a large moment

of inertia used to smooth out motion in machines.

This example is in a Russian museum.

3. Figure skaters can reduce their moment of

inertia by pulling in their arms, allowing them
to spin faster due to conservation of angular
momentum

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_of_inertia
http://www.real-world-physics-problems.com/rotationalinertia.html