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Force constant of rubber band.
When the rubber band is pulled by a force of 9 8 n how far will it stretch and what is its potential energy.
A rubber band has a spring constant of 45 n m.
Hooke s law and elastic potential.
For example if the pegs are placed such that the band is stretched to 52 inches the force the bands apply to the pegs are 57 6 lbs per inch.
The rotational spring constant for this thicker band is not surprisingly higher than the normal sized rubber band with a value of 4 92 x 10 4 n m.
In this case the linear function fitting the straight part of the data gives a spring constant of 17 38 n m.
Say i have a rubber band wrapped around 2 pegs at a certain distance and at that distance i know the pounds of force per inch it is pulling at.
Individual 4 carbon backbone units are forced into rotational conformations that have longer end to end distances and this restricts the number of conformations states that are thermally accessible.
If i assume that i could also rotate this one.
The minus sign shows that this force is in the opposite direction of the force that s stretching or compressing the spring.
F which represents force k which is called the spring constant and measures how stiff and strong the spring is and x is the distance the spring is stretched or compressed away from its equilibrium or rest position.
The ultimate strength is measured by breaking the material.
A rubber band is a single molecule as is a latex glove.
The tension in the rubber band is the component of these two forces.
Since we heated the band up h q 0.
The rubber band that stretches the least for a given weight applied force has the greatest spring constant.
The variables of the equation are.
When a rubber band is stretched some of the network chains are forced to become straight.
The work w is f d p v the p v term is very small and h q f d p v f d p v q.
H e pv fd รจ q w pv fd if we heat the rubber band with a weight attached the force f is constant but the band contracts.
The greater the weight the.