Procedures

Part A: Static Friction

The aluminum track was first set to level at a 180

by using an angle indicator.

When it was leveled, a pulley was attached to one end of the track. Next, a
wooden block of 61 g was placed on the track with a string attached to it and a
hanger with mass 10 g was attached to the end of the string as shown in Figure.
After that, incremental masses of 10 g were slowly added to the hanger until the
block begins to slide. The mass that was used to move the block were recorded,
and the measurements were repeated three times to obtain the average reading that
was used. Part A of the experiment using blocks of mass 105 g and 286 g and the
corresponding mass required to slide the block was determined. All the readings
obtained from the experiment were recorded in a table.
Part B: Kinetic Friction.
The aluminum track was first set to level at a 180

by using an angle indicator.

When it was leveled, a pulley was attached to one end of the track. Next, a
wooden block of 61 g was placed on the track with a string attached to it, and a
hanger with mass 10 g was attached to the end of the string as shown in Figure.
After that, incremental masses of 10 g were slowly added to the hangar. After each
mass added, the block was given a gentle tap. When the block moved with a
constant speed after a specific amount of mass, the mass that was used to move
the block were recorded, and the measurements were repeated three times to
obtain the average reading that was used. Part B of the experiment was repeated
using blocks of mass 105 g and 286 g corresponding mass required to move the
block was determined. All the readings obtained from the experiment were
recorded in a table.
Part C: Friction on an inclined plane
The aluminum track was first set to at an angle of 41

by using an angle

indicator to set it more accurately. After that, a pulley was attached to one end of
the track. Next, a wooden block of 61 g was placed on the track with a string
attached to it, and a hanger with mass 10 g was attached to the end of the string as

shown in Figure. After that, incremental masses of 10 g were slowly added to the
hangar until critical mass was reached, in which, the block starts to move up the
slope. The critical mass reading was recorded and the measurement was repeated
three times to obtain the average reading of critical mass used to produce
movement from the block. Part C: of the experiment were repeated using wooden
blocks of mass 105 g, and 286 g corresponding mass required to move the block
was determined. All the readings obtained from the experiment were recorded in a
table.