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• Weightlessness
spring
balance
mass
hanger
Data-logging set-up
Expt. 5D
force
Mass and
sensor weight
computer (data-logging)
data-logging
interface
The results
Earth
Weight (W) — measure of gravitational
attraction on a body towards
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5.7 Mass and weight (SB p. 101)
Differences
Mass: Weight:
• Unit: kilogram (kg) • Unit: newton (N)
• Scalar quantity • A kind of force
• Vector quantity
W = mg
Earth
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5.7 Mass and weight (SB p. 101)
Measuring devices
weight
mass
may change at different
positions universal constant
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5.7 Mass and weight (SB p. 102)
Earth 10 100
Moon 10 1 of earth
= 1.67 16.7
6
Venus 9
of earth = 9 90
10
Jupiter 2.6 of earth = 26 260
Class Practice 8:
8
Unit kg N
Weightlessness
What is “weightlessness”?
Go to
Activity 3
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5.7 Mass and weight (SB p. 105)
Edmond in a lift
Forces:
R = supporting force
on Edmond
(reaction
from ground)
mg = weight of Edmond
= 62 × 10
= 620 N
“normal weight = 620 N”
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5.7 Mass and weight (SB p. 105)
Edmond in a lift
Edmond in a lift
no net force, a = 0
R − mg = 0
∴ R= mg
= 62 × 10
= 620 N
feel “his own weight”
Edmond in a lift
By F = ma
mg − R = ma
∴ R= m (g − a)
R= 62 × (10 −
1.4)
= 533 N
feel “lighter”
Edmond in a lift
By F = ma
mg − R = ma
∴ R= m (g − g)
=0
“I feel no weight”
Actually W ≠ 0 but R = 0 only
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5.7 Mass and weight (SB p. 109)
Useful Website
Gravitational force
remain its
state of motion
balanced,
(net force = 5.1 Newton’s 1st concept of
0) inertia
law of motion
Activity 3
Weight inside a lift
Let’s start:
Activity 3 (Cont)
Weight inside a lift
3. Press the sixth floor button
and close the lift door. The lift
starts to move upwards. At
that moment, record the
reading (m1) again.
Activity 3 (Cont)
Weight inside a lift
5. At the moment when the lift
is about to reach the sixth
floor, record the reading (m2)
again.
Activity 3 (Cont)
Weight inside a lift
Activity 3 (Cont)
Weight inside a lift
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