Research Question: How the would density of different liquids (oil, distilled

water, ethanol, vinegar, mixture of salt and water) affect the time taken for the
oscillating spring to come at rest, when the oscillating spring is submerged in a
liquid?
Material required:
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1 Clamp Stand
Food Oil 200ml
1 beaker (400.00 0.05)ml
Vinegar (200.000.05 ml)
1 Analytical balance(0.01g)
1 spring
Weights of 200 g(1)
1 meter stick(0.01 cm)
1 Stop watch
200 ml of distilled water
40.0g of salt
Ethanol 200ml

Method:
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Put the clamp stand on a desk. Attach the ruler to the clamp stand. Set up
the clamp to a height of 24 cm with help of a ruler.
Attach a spring to the clamp.
Hook the 200 g of weight on to the spring.
Measure the mass of the 400 ml beaker using analytical balance.
Afterwards, fill up the 200 ml of distilled water into the 400ml of beaker.
Lift the spring up that is hooked up with the weight with your fingers and
as you are about to let it go start the stop watch and count the number of
oscillation. When the oscillating spring stops, stop the timer.
Repeat the steps 1-5 for oil, vinegar, salt and water mixed, and ethanol.
When the experimenter must use salt, he/she must add 40g of salt to
distilled water.

Results:
Different
types of
liquids
Water
Vinegar
Oil
Water +
salt
Ethanol

Time taken for the oscillating spring to come at rest(0.01 seconds)

Trial 1
Trial 2
Trial 3
Trial 4
Trial 5

12.78
13.06
6.69
10.69

13.09
14.00
8.49
10.70

12.91
13.78
9.03
10.94

12.86
13.59
9.32
10.94

12.85
13.60
8.54
10.97

9.59

9.60

9.54

9.95

9.94