"I have a group of GCSE English students who absolutely rave over your site and constantly tell me how useful they have found it to be. Trust me it has inspired them."
Force of friction
- Words:
- 1635
- Submitted:
- Thu Nov 05 2009
- Mark submitted by Author:


... Kwun Tong Government Secondary School Advanced Level Physics (TAS) Experiment Report Experiment No.: 1 Title: Force of friction Date of Experiment: 2006/10/31 Mark: Sch. Code 2114 TAS Group 15 Name: Chan Man Lok Class: S.6C Class No.: 16 Objective: 1. To study the effects of the normal force, and surface area on the force of friction using a block. 2. To estimate the coefficients of static and kinetic friction. Apparatus: Instrument Description Wooden block x 4 200g x 4 Spring balance x 1 DCS/PL/2-2 0 - 10N The smallest division = 0.2 N Tripe beam balance x 1 0 - 500g The smallest division = 0.1g Frictional paper x 1 / Rubber band Several / Theory: Limiting static friction : Friction always opposes motion. Larger forces tending to produce the motion, larger friction is. However, it cannot increase indefinitely. For example, when a body is in contact with a rough surface frictional forces arise at the contact surface if the body is subjected to an applied force. When the applied force exceeds the limiting static friction , the body will start to slip over the rough














