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Physics Lab
Physics Lab
FRISNEDI, Nadine T.
OBJECTIVE
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The experiment aims to accomplish its two main
objectives. The first one is to use the principles of
conservation of energy and momentum in
determining the velocity of the steel ball. Through
the experiment, the students will be able to gain
more knowledge and appreciation about the
concepts of conservation of momentum and how it
is helpful in determining the velocity of moving
objects and even the distances it covers. The
experiment can also help the students understand
on how the angular displacement of an object is
important in getting its initial velocity. The
experiment will also show how Kinetic Energy and
the Gravitational Potential Energy is closely
related with the conservation of momentum and
during a collision.
(Figure 1. The materials and equipment used in
the experiment. )
The second objective is to be able to validate the
initial velocity of the steel ball through projectile
motion. The students will not just learn how to
compute for the velocity of the steel ball using the
ballistic pendulum but also though the use of
projectile launcher. The experiment will help the
students be able to understand the applications of
the given laboratory formulas in solving problems
involving Physics and will surely be helpful in
studying other concepts about it. Another thing
about this experiment is that it is very easy to
conduct and it is not time consuming, thus
students will enjoy doing it.
The significance of this experiment is that it a way
of showing how an inelastic collision happens,
what are the things happened afterwards and
lastly it shows how fast an object in two
dimensions is moving.
Before the experiment was actually performed, in
which the ballistic pendulum with the steel ball
were tested first to prevent accidents since a few
of them are releasing the ball accidentally even
before the release. The projectile launcher with
ballistic pendulum was set up away from the class
and pointing towards a bag to prevent it from
hitting anything else or a person. The level or
range assigned for the group was medium.
At the beginning of the experiment, angle marker
on the ballistic pendulum was set up to 0. Since
group had trouble making it stay at that angle, the
group decided to check first if the working table is
leveled and when it finally becomes at 0, we
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pendulum before
collision
Velocity of the
1 =
steel
ball before
Average
375.061
collision,
=
1
Angle: 25.9
(1 +2 )
cm/s
2
1
Sample computations:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5
5
26 + 25.5 + 26 + 26 + 26
=
5
= 25.9
=
= 2 1
= 11.7 8.5
= 3.2
= 2
980
= (2) (
) (3.2)
2
= 79.196 /
1 =
1 =
1 +2
1
(2)
65.875 + 241.6
980
((2)(
)(3.2)
65.875
2
1 = 375.061 /
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1 = (154.24)(
980
)
2
(2)(88.9)
(
1 = 362.113 /
The group then computed for the Percent
Difference of the two computed velocities. This is
one way to know or confirm if the procedures were
done properly so that the group will arrive with
closely related results.
Table 3.
Difference
Determining
Percentage Difference,
% diff =
|1 2 |
+2
( 1
)
2
the
Percentage
Percent difference
= 3.513%
Sample Computation:
% =
|1 2 |
+ 2
( 1
)
2
|375.061 362.113|
% =
375.061 + 362.113
(
)
2
% = 3.513%
DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION
From the performed experiment, I could say that
it was a success. By following the procedures
stated in the manual properly gave us all the
relevant data that are needed. We have computed
properly all that was required for the experiment
too by using the appropriate formula for those.
In the first part of the experiment, we have used
the principles of conservation of energy and
momentum in determining the velocity of the steel
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