®
Model No. ME-9837
Discover Centripetal Force Kit
9
Velocity versus Mass
While maintaining the same hanging mass and radius, students find the
corresponding velocity for different spinning masses. A graph of
Velocity versus M
s
should yield a graph with the relationship of
where k
2
is a constant.
Sample Data:
The following data is for a hanging mass of 500 g and a radius of
0.5 m.
ν
k
2
m
s
------
=
radius (m)
m
h
(kg)
m
s
(kg)
V (m/s)
.5
.5
.022
10.0
.5
.5
.034
8.2
.5
.5
.056
6.4
.5
.5
.086
5.2
.5
.5
.109
4.5