ERIC Number: EJ976798
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan
Pages: 6
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Measurement of the Mass of an Object Hanging from a Spring--Revisited
Serafin, Kamil; Oracz, Joanna; Grzybowski, Marcin; Koperski, Maciej; Sznajder, Pawel; Zinkiewicz, Lukasz; Wasylczyk, Piotr
European Journal of Physics, v33 n1 p129-134 Jan 2012
In an open competition, students were to determine the mass of a metal cylinder hanging on a spring inside a transparent enclosure. With the time for experiments limited to 24 h due to the unexpectedly large number of participants, a few surprisingly accurate results were submitted, the best of them differing by no more than 0.5% from the true value with a relative uncertainty of less than 1%. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, College Science, Problem Solving, Measurement Techniques, Scientific Concepts, Competition
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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