PHYSICS LAB REPORT #2

MOMENTUM LAB

BY

THANITTHA CHIVATXARANUKUL

JIRANICH CHOTIPIMAI

KANTICHA PUTHONGKUM

PANYAWAREE SARINGKARNPOONPERM

YAVITHA SIRI-U-VITHTAYA

CHANYA THEDRATANAWONG

SECTION 1105
 13 NOVEMBER 2018

CONTENTS

Introduction 3

Objective 4

Materials 5

Method 6

Discussion of physics concept 7- 8

Discussion of design 9

Pictures 10

Conclusion 11

References 12
 Introduction

Momentum is a property of moving things and it considers as

vector quantity, which is a quantity that contains both magnitude

and direction. Moreover, momentum means inertia in motion

To calculate momentum, the formula is its mass multiplied by

its velocity. When the mass or velocity increases, the momentum is

also increased, but if the object doesn’t move, the momentum will

equal to zero.
 Objectives

Ours objective for this report is to conclude our experiment on

“Momentum”. By using two carts which wheel of both of them have

no friction to the surface of the rail (mean that they would move

with very little friction, which made theirs move to be constant) and

then increased the weight of one of them before doing the

experiment to find the momentum when both of those carts are

collided.
 Procedures

1. Set up and check the equipment before start the experiment.

- Set the track to be parallel to the table or to be 180​°.

- Add the mass to one of the two carts and weigh both of

the carts.
 - Connect the lab quest to the motion detector.

2. Place 2 carts on the track and seperate it.

3. Press ‘Start’ button on the lab quest.

4. Carefully push the cart that is at the end of the track to the cart

that in the middle of the track.

5. After that the lab quest will provide you the graph that show

the distance and the velocity of the cart.

6. Record the velocity of the cart.

7. Repeat the experiment again but add more mass on the cart

that we are going to push.

8. Calculate the momentum of the cart in both 2 cases.
 Discussion

In this project, we are trying to find out what is the momentum

of the 2 carts by using the motion detector and the labquest to help

us finding the velocity of the carts. The formula that we used to find

the momentum is p = mv which p represent the momentum, m

represent mass, and v represent velocity.

Momentum can be defined as “mass in motion”. Every object

has mass so that if the object is moving, it has momentum. The

momentum is depended on 2 variables. The first one is the mass of

the object. The second one is how fast had the object moved.

Therefore, the momentum is directly proportional to the velocity

and the mass of an object.

This project is not only illustrate the momentum of the car but

it also illustrate the Law of Conservation of Momentum. In the Law

of Conservation of Momentum it is stated that Initial Momentum is

equal to Final Momentum. Therefore, its formula is that m1u1 +

m2u2 = m1v1 +m2v2.

 Conclusion

Overall, doing this lab experiment makes us understand and be

able to conclude the topic of Momentum in Physics. It shows the

differences in distance and velocity when the two carts are collided

in two rounds. Therefore, because of the increasing in weight of the

cart in the second round, the amount of Momentum that are

calculated in two rounds are different.

Pictures
 DATA

Momentum

Event Mass Final Momentum

velocity (g x m/s)
Weight 1 Before 519.56 g 0.2 m/s 103.912
impact
After impact 519.56 + 0.166 m/s 171.62408
514.32 g
Weight 2 Before 1051.70 g 0.4 m/s 420.68
impact
After impact 1051.70 + 0.243 m/s 380.54286
514.32 g

Conservation of momentum

Round 1 Cart 1 Cart 2

mass 519.56 g 514.32 g
U 0.35 m/s 0 m/s
V 0.166 m/s 0.166 m/s

(519.56)(0.33)+(514.32)(0) = (519.56)(0.166) + (514.32)(0.166)

171.4548 simply Equal to 171.62408 g.m/s

Round 2 Cart 1 Cart 2
mass 1051.70 g 514.32 g
U 0.2 m/s 0 m/s
V 0.136 m/s 0.136 m/s

(1051.70)(0.2)+(514.32)(0) = (1051.70)(0.136) + (514.32)(0.136)

210.34 simply Equal to 212.97872 g.m/s