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Finding The Spring Constant Using Simple Harmonic Motion

The document describes how to find the spring constant using simple harmonic motion by measuring the time for 10 oscillations, plotting a graph of period squared versus mass, and using the gradient of the line through the origin to determine the value of k.

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Finding The Spring Constant Using Simple Harmonic Motion

The document describes how to find the spring constant using simple harmonic motion by measuring the time for 10 oscillations, plotting a graph of period squared versus mass, and using the gradient of the line through the origin to determine the value of k.

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Finding the spring constant using simple harmonic motion

Set up apparatus similar to that for the previous experiment.

This time measure the time taken for the masses to make 10 oscillations

To help judge the start and stop of an oscillations put a marker at the centre of an
oscillation, e.g. a pin secured to a vertical ruler using blue tack

Plot a graph of
against
this should give a straight line through the origin. The
gradient will give you the value of k

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