JMJ MARIST BROTHERS

NOTRE DAME OF DADIANGAS

UNIVERSITY GENERAL SANTOS CITY

Name: Jocelly Tupas Date Performed: 4-16-21

Course & Year: BSIE-1st year Rating:

Experiment No. 02

MEASUREMENT OF SMALL DISTANCES

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I. Introduction

A caliper is used when accurate measurements in tenth of a millimeter are

required. The feature of the vernier caliper that accounts for its greater degree of
accuracy is the vernier scale. A vernier scale is a movable (sliding) scale placed
together with a fixed scale.
The micrometer caliper like the vernier caliper, has a fixed scale and a movable
(revolving) scale. With a micrometer caliper, measurements can be made accurately to
thousandths of an inch, or hundredths of a millimeter. The micrometer obtains this fine
degree of accuracy because its movable scale revolves in threads that are spaced only
1/100 of a millimeter apart. This space between threads is known as the pitch.

In a school laboratory, the meter stick, balance and stopwatch are used to
measure distance, mass and time respectively. In this activity, the student will learn to
measure small distances using vernier caliper and micrometer caliper.

II. Objectives:

1. To learn how to manipulate and use the vernier caliper and micrometer caliper.
2. To measure the thickness of a thin coin, a page of a paper, and also
the diameter of the human hair.
3. To measure the inner and outer diameter of a hollow cylinder.

III. Apparatus/Materials:

Vernier caliper, micrometer, coins, hollow cylinder, a piece of paper, and a strand
of hair

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IV. Procedure:

1. Acquaint yourself with the features of the vernier caliper and micrometer caliper.

The vernier caliper is used by first reading the zero mark of the vernier on the
scale. The fractional part is added by determining the reading of the coincidence
between the vernier and the scale.

The last count on the micrometer is 0.01mm. The micrometer caliper has a fixed
jaw, called the anvil, and a movable jaw, the spindle. The object to be measured is
placed between the anvil and the spindle. The spindle is moved toward or away from
the anvil by turning the thimble. If the micrometer caliper has a ratchet stop, turn the
thimble by means of this ratchet. When the spindle exerts the proper pressure on the
object being measured the ratchet stop will slip and will not allow further turning.

2. Using the vernier and micrometer caliper, measure the following:

a. Thickness of a 10-centavo, 25-centavo and one peso coins
b. Diameter of a hair
c. Thickness of a page of paper
d. Inner diameter of a hollow cylinder
e. Thickness of the wall of a cylinder

3. The results of the test shall be presented in the table shown below

V. Data and Results:

Object Vernier Caliper Micrometer Caliper
(mm) (mm)
Thickness of the ff. coins: 0.125 mm 1.31 mm
5centavo

25 centavo 0.138 mm 1.43 mm

One peso 0.148mm 1.45 mm

Diameter of hair 0.82mm 0.2 mm

Thickness of page of paper 0.1mm 0.5 mm

Inner diameter of cylinder 20.9 mm 19.36 mm

Thickness of the wall of 1.2018 mm 1. 14 mm

cylinder
VI. Answer the following questions (you may use the back pages if needed).
1. State the advantagees of using a vernier caliper or micrometer caliper in measuring
small distances.
- It is so easy to get the exact and accurate measurement of small objects in verniar
and micrometer caliper.

2. State the disadvantages of using meter stick in measuring small distances.

- it is difficult to find the accurate measurement of small things using meter stick
because meter stick is intended to measure objects in inches.