How does the suspended mass affect the time period of an oscillation of a spring?
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Physics Lab Report: 5
GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
PHYSICS LAB REPORT: 5
SPRING PENDULUM
Physics Lab Report
Experiment No- 5
Teacher’s Instruction:
To study how the difference in mass affects the Time Period of a spring pendulum.
Research Question:
How does the suspended mass affect the Time period of an oscillation of a spring?
Variables:
- Independent Variable:
- Mass Suspended (m)
- Dependent Variable:
- Time Period (T)
- Control Variable:
- Number of Oscillations (n)
- Dimensions of the Spring
Apparatus:
- A Clamp Stand
- A G- Clamp
- A Spring
- Weights to be suspended
- A Digital Stop Watch
- A digital balance
Procedure:
- The clamp stand is set up and held steady to the table top using a G- Clamp.
- A spring is suspended to the Clamp Stand.
- The uncertainty in the digital balance and the stop watch is noted.
- A weight is measured using a digital balance and suspended to the spring. Time period for a fixed number of oscillations is noted.
- A number of three readings were taken for each mass suspended.
- The suspended masses were 269.4 g, 359.4 g, 449.2 g, 539.9 g and 585.3 g.
Figure 1: The Experimental Arrangement