Measuring Mass with a Rubber Band and a Smartphone

• Daniel Nichols ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Alaska Anchorage

     University of Alaska Anchorage

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 60, Nº. 7, 2022, págs. 608-609
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Ever wonder how an astronaut’s mass is measured in space? Of course, a weight scale is of no use, because the astronaut and the scale are in free fall. Measuring the period of a spring mass oscillator is one way to measure mass. In this article, we will demonstrate a method to measure mass using a smartphone, a rubber band, and an app called phyphox.