Originally posted by: TheoPetro
are you kidding?
well heres your homework help from me. take 2 baloons. Blow one up. set the deflated one on one side of a balance and set the inflated one on the other side.
Originally posted by: TheoPetro
would you like an exact expairment? or do you want something you can do at home?
Originally posted by: MS Dawn
You could take a field trip to Washington D.C. if your experiment involves copious amounts of hot air. :laugh:
Originally posted by: iliopsoas
Originally posted by: TheoPetro
would you like an exact expairment? or do you want something you can do at home?
no, not an exact experiment. Just something quick and simple.
Originally posted by: TheoPetro
are you kidding?
well heres your homework help from me. take 2 baloons. Blow one up. set the deflated one on one side of a balance and set the inflated one on the other side.
Originally posted by: iliopsoas
Originally posted by: TheoPetro
are you kidding?
well heres your homework help from me. take 2 baloons. Blow one up. set the deflated one on one side of a balance and set the inflated one on the other side.
Ahhh. I thought of that. But how do you ensure that both balloons weigh the same? And wouldn't this just test volume and not necessarily mass?
Originally posted by: Summitdrinker
but the air in the inflated ballon is compressed air
Originally posted by: Summitdrinker
but the air in the inflated ballon is compressed air
Originally posted by: TheoPetro
Originally posted by: MS Dawn
You could take a field trip to Washington D.C. if your experiment involves copious amounts of hot air. :laugh:
why go that far when P&N is just one floor down?
Originally posted by: TheoPetro
simmer ababber not everyone got past highschool
Originally posted by: TheoPetro
are you kidding?
well heres your homework help from me. take 2 baloons. Blow one up. set the deflated one on one side of a balance and set the inflated one on the other side.
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: TheoPetro
are you kidding?
well heres your homework help from me. take 2 baloons. Blow one up. set the deflated one on one side of a balance and set the inflated one on the other side.
That is not a good test at all.
Helium has mass, but if you did your test and compared the helium-filled balloon to the deflated balloon, the helium balloon would be lighter. The test would erroneously "prove" that the "nothing" in the deflated balloon has more mass than the balloon filled with helium.
Your test tests bouyancy, not mass.