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Revised 09/29/2009
Physics 2215 Laboratory Equipment List    
Lab 5: Forces

 

Equipment List:

  1. LabPro interface with:
    • Vernier Force Sensor (ANALOG CH1) (D5.4)
  2. 10 N spring scale. (A2.6)
  3. Cart track (A7.2) with:
  4. Vernier Dynamics Cart (D5.2) with:
    • Two 500g cart masses mounted with mounting hardware (A2.6)
  5. 45cm steel rod (A2.5) and small universal table clamp (A3.4) to elevate track.
  6. Five 3 cm rubber bands. (D5.3)
  7. 2-meter stick (A1)
  8. Brass pin (A2.6)
  9. 30 cm metric ruler. (A2.6)

General class use:

  1. Laboratory balance (2000 gram capacity) on TA table.

Notes and tests:

  1. Start the Logger Pro file "Lab 5a.xmbl" in the Lab 5 folder of Class Notes. Click "Collect" push and pull the force sensor hook and see if the force is displayed on the graph.
  2. Level the track.

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