NAME: SALUDEEN ABDULSAMAD OLAJIDE

ADMISSION NUMBER: 1610412082

COURSE CODE: SED

TITLE: Hooke’s Law Experiment

MATERIALS:
Clamps, Ring Stand, Material to be tested (Spring), Known Mass, Metre Rule
OBJECTIVE: To measure the spring constant of a spring using two different methods.

PROCEDURE:

1. Hang a spring from a horizontal metal rod.

2. Attach a mass hanger directly to the bottom of the hanging spring and record the position of the
bottom of the mass hanger relative to a meter stick.

3. Add masses to the spring and record the position of the bottom of the mass hanger.

TABLE OF VALUES

Position mass Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3

reference 0 69.55 69.50 69.50
1 1 69.27 69.19 69.18
2 3 68.61 68.50 68.53
3 5 67.95 67.87 67.88
4 10 66.42 66.20 66.21
5 20 62.90 62.89 62.90
6 40 56.32 56.22 56.30
7 60 49.65 49.60 49.61