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Experiment no. 7 Experiment Title: Friction I. Objectives 1. To determine the value of the coefficient static friction between two contacting surfaces 2. To determine the value of the coefficient of kinetic friction between two contacting surfaces 3. To determine/differentiate static friction from kinetic friction II. Set-Up III. Materials Quantity | Materials | 1 | Block of wood | 1 | Spring Balance (2N) | 1 | Wooden Board | 1 | Weights (250 g) | 1 | Weighing scale | 1 | Meter stick | IV. Data and Results Mass of Block of Wood = 0.152 kg N=mg =(.152)(9.8) =1.49 N μ=fkN =.8/1.49 =0.54 V. Answers to Questions 1. What is friction? What is a normal force? Friction: The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving another. Normal Force: The component perpendicular to surface of contact, of the contact force exerted on an object. 2. What is the difference between kinetic and static friction? Static friction describes the force needed to initially move a stationary object while kinetic friction describes the force needed to keep an object along a surface. 3. What is the coefficient of friction? How will you differentiate kinetic coefficient of friction from static coefficient of friction? Coefficient of Friction: The ratio between the force necessary to move one surface horizontally over another and the pressure between two surfaces. Coefficient of static friction is a coefficient of friction that acts when the relative motion between the two surfaces of friction is zero while coefficient of kinetic friction is the coefficient of friction that acts when there is some relative motion between the two surfaces. 4. What happened to the value of the coefficient when an additional load was placed over the block of wood? Why? When an additional load

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