Shageenth Sandrakumar

PHY 108 Lab

M5: Experiment Lab Report: Newton VI (1):

In this experiment, we used pressured air tracks with various masses to try to verify the certainty of Newtons second law. In the lab, section V(I), we calculated the frictional force via formula given to us ( ) which yields us a value of 422.11 dyne or 0.0042211 N. This value compared to the largest M2 weight value, (The largest M2 value is 55.5g or (0.0555kg), multiply it by 9.8m/s2 to get 0.5439 N), is significantly small. This makes sense because forces of friction are usually much smaller than the original weight. This is mainly due to coefficient of friction, which is generally small.

VI (2):
In this part we changed the value of the length of the flag to get different recorded values of accelerations. Below is a chart listed the values obtain ( the values could also be found on the lab sheet)
L (cm) 5 10 20 30 t1 0.1177 0.2297 0.4362 0.6269 t2 0.118 0.2304 0.4359 0.6271 t3 0.118 0.2301 0.4358 0.6266 t4 Average t S.D. 0.1181 0.11795 0.00017321 0.2299 0.230025 0.00029861 0.4354 0.435825 0.0003304 0.6278 0.6271 0.0005099 Average^2 0.013912203 0.052911501 0.189943431 0.39325441 change in S 0.176774359 0.662525994 2.363557123 4.818463412

In this part we are interested in plotting the change in S with respect to Average time squared. Below is a graph of change in S vs. Average time squared.

Change in S vs. Average time squared at different lengths

6 Change in S(cm) 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 y = 12.236x + 0.017 Average Time Squared s2

By using Excel I was able to calculate the slope and its uncertainty a. Slope, S (dyne) S (dyne) 12.2357431 0.06406866 0.01695607 0.0140995 Intercept, b (cm) b (cm)

Since we are looking for acceleration and S = a/2, this implies 2S = a. Using formula, z = x So a = 24.48 and a = 0.1 where z = a and x = S we get a = S (2S) = 2 S

S = (12.24 0.06) dynes b = (0.017 0.01) cm a = (24.48.24 0.1) dynes

Using the equation

g = a, we get,

(980) = 27.6 dynes. This isnt in the range of the

acceleration, we calculated in the graph. This most likely is because of miss-reading when calculating the mass of the objects, since the objects are just a few measurements away from each other.

VI (3):
In this part we changed the mass of the glider to get different recorded values of accelerations. Below is a chart listed the values obtain ( the values could also be found on the lab sheet)
M(gm) M2 (gm) t1 t2 t3 t4 Average 10 15.5 0.226 0.2248 0.2261 0.233 0.227475 20 25.5 0.1745 0.1777 0.1751 0.1747 0.1755 30 35.5 0.1459 0.1458 0.1459 0.1461 0.145925 40 45.5 0.1292 0.1288 0.1287 0.1289 0.1289 50 55.5 0.1167 0.1165 0.1165 0.1166 0.116575 S.D. Average^2 a 0.003730393 0.051744876 474.6364 0.001487728 0.03080025 797.3961 0.000125831 0.021294106 1153.371 0.000216025 0.01661521 1478.164 9.57427E-05 0.013589731 1807.247

In this part we are interested in plotting the acceleration with Mass of the glider. Below is a graph of accelerations vs. Mass.

Acceleration Vs. M2
2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 0 10 20 30 Mass (grams) 40

Axis Title

y = 33.46x - 45.663

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By using Excel I was able to calculate the slope and its uncertainty s. Slope, s (cm/(gs2)) s (cm/(gs2)) 33.45989 0.28907 -45.6632 11.04629 Intercept, b (gm) b (gm)

Since we are looking for acceleration and S = Since

, this implies

S = g. where z = g and x = s we get

is a constant value, we can use the formula, z = x )= S

g = s (

=115.4g g = (115.4)( 0.28907) = 33.4 cm/s2 S = g, so (115.4)( 33.45989) = 3861 cm/s2 S = (33.5 0.3) (cm/(gs2)) b = (-45.7 10) gm g = (3861 30) cm/s2 The value of g is way off from our experiment. Before, we conclude that our results disprove Newtons formula, if you take a look at the graph being plotting, its intercept is very high, which means our results are more likely to be faulty because our graph, doesnt fit the right line.