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Department of Physics
Experiment 206
ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE
Code/
Section:
GRADE
Seat No.: 15
Ramil R. Jimenez
Instructor
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
WA
WW
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
0.82
1.00
Name of Sample
Alcohol
Water
Percent Error
0.00 %
0.00 %
SG=
Name of Sample:
CORK
Weight of cork in air,
WA
1.7 g
22.9 g
W CASW
16.6 g
W (C +S ) W
Specific Gravity,
SG=
WA
W AW W
SAMPLE COMPUTATION
0.269841
Specific Gravity =
WA
W AW W
33.4
=2.7
33.421.1
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
49.8
=8.6
49.844.0
error =
8.586218.440
x 100=1.72
8.58621+8.44 0
2
Specific Gravity =
W A W L
W AW W
error =
Sample 2
33.423.2
=0.82926
33.421.1
Specific Gravity =
W A W L
W AW W
33.421.3
=0.98373
33.421.1
error =
error =
Sample 1
error =
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
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).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_of_inertia
http://www.real-world-physics-problems.com/rotationalinertia.html