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Purpose
The purpose of today’s lab is to investigate Archimedes’
Principle and buoyant forces.
Archimedes’ Principle
density of water
Fb mw g w V g
kg m
( 0.001 3
50cm 3
9.8 2
0.49 N )
cm s
volume of ball
Physics 2015: Archimedes’ Principle
string
density of water
T Fb mw g w V g
volume of ball
W mg m V g
density of metal
Physics 2015: Archimedes’ Principle
Vsphere r T r g m w
4 3 4 3
3 3
Vcylinder r h T r h g m fluid
2 2
Physics 2015: Archimedes’ Principle
In Activity 1 (spheres)
4 3 4 3
V r T r g ( w m )
3 3
Measure T for different size spheres (different radii) and determine
the density of the spheres.
measured calculated measured
3 T
r r T
What is the slope?
plot
Get m from slope.
3
r
Physics 2015: Archimedes’ Principle
• Use the plastic cup (not the tall glass cylinder) and the
cylindrical metal mass (slug) for this activity. Fill the
plastic cup with approximately 250ml water (so it won’t
overflow when submerging the slug).
Tare
Physics 2015: Archimedes’ Principle
Fb water Vslug g
Fb ..... ......
Diameter of slug : d ..... .....
Height of slug : h ..... .....
Physics 2015: Archimedes’ Principle
Example:
Fb 1.4 0.2 N
0.2
Fractional error : FE Fb 0.14
1.4
Physics 2015: Archimedes’ Principle
Example: 0.5
a 1.5 0.5 FEa 0.33
1.5
0.2
b 4.0 0.2 FEb 0.05
4.0
0.1
c 0.5 0.1 FEc 0.20
0.5
a b 1.5 4.0
d 12
c 0.5
Physics 2015: Archimedes’ Principle
Fractional error in d :
FEd FEa FEb FEc
2 2 2
Result : d 12 5
Physics 2015: Archimedes’ Principle
Example: 0.5
a 1.5 0.5 FEa 0.33
1.5
0.2
b 4.0 0.2 FEb 0.05
4.0
0.1
c 0.5 0.1 FEc 0.20
0.5
a 2 b 1.52 4.0
d 18
c 0.5
Physics 2015: Archimedes’ Principle
Fractional error in d :
FEd 2 * FEa FEb FEc
2 2 2
Result : d 18 12
Physics 2015: Archimedes’ Principle
• Use the plastic cup with its volume indicators for the
volume determination.