Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Coefficent of Friction Post 1

Procedure:
1. Find 2 parings to do together with the rest of the class and chose 3 unique ones
1. Find the mass of every material
2. Find newtons of the material by using a spring scale and dragging it across the surface that particular material is paired with
3. Using mass and netwons, I'll plug the data into the formula to find the coefficient of friction for every combination

Error Analysis:
The spring scales are not the most accurate measuring tool simply due to age and their are on a much larger scale which could make accuracy suffer. Also, the whiteboard surface was slightly curved which may have caused results to differ a little.

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