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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1024892
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Oct
Pages: 3
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-921X
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On the g/2 Acceleration of a Pulse in a Vertical Chain
Foster, Theodore; van Wyngaarden, Willem; Cary, Arthur; Mottmann, John
Physics Teacher, v51 n7 p394-396 Oct 2013
We have frequently enhanced our department's laboratory experiment involving standing transverse waves in a taut horizontal cord. In addition to the standard experiment, students in these labs investigate the surprising concept that the acceleration of a pulse in a chain hanging vertically is a constant and is equal to half the acceleration of gravity.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Science Laboratories, Scientific Concepts, Mechanics (Physics), Laboratory Experiments
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Language: English
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