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10.28.2009

Measuring Mass


How do we read a triple beam balance?
Click on the below link to practice reading a triple beam balance:
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14 comments:

  1. Christiana LaltooOctober 28, 2009 at 9:01 PM

    Yeah, lets go yankees! Sorry Met fans but where are the Mets now as Ms. Lindsay said, hmmmmm! Yeah, I thought so. Yeah, lets here it for the New York Yankees, yeaaaaaahhhh!

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  2. Christiana LaltooOctober 28, 2009 at 9:11 PM

    Ms. Lindsay this link is very useful. I now learned the proper way to measure the mass of an object using a triple beam balance. Before, I never used to clear the scale, meaning that I would not place the marks back to 0. I would of continued doing the wrong this. Now I learned that you must restart and clear the scale before you measure the mass of another object.

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  3. RCOctober 29, 2009 at 7:58 PM

    The triple beam balance is a measuring instrument that scientists use to measure the mass of an object. The unit on the balance is grams. These are the steps to control a triple beam balance.
    1. Take off any weights on the platform.
    2. Set all the slides to zero.(If still not on zero, adjust the zero adjustment knob located under the platform.)
    3. Place the object on the platform.
    4. Move all the slides so that the lines on the end of the balance meet.
    5. Record the weight in grams.

    If you are measuring the mass of water....
    1. Measure the water in the container.
    2. Measure the container without the water.
    3. Subtract the measurement of the water with the container by the measurement of the container.

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  4. yusufdabrainiacOctober 31, 2009 at 1:20 AM

    to read a triple beam balance first you have to see if there is any extra weight on the balance, remove if there is any. Then you have to put the objects on the scale. To measure the object you have to align the slides so that all the beams are balanced out. A triple beam balance is the metric instrument to measure mass of an object.
    Thank you yusuf khan 721

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  5. yusufdabrainiacOctober 31, 2009 at 1:22 AM

    also RC you forgot to mention that the triple beam balance is used in the metric system to measure mass in an object. Also Ms. Lindsay The unit of measurement is metric grams
    Yusuf 721

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  6. NaiomiOctober 31, 2009 at 2:44 PM

    The triple beam balance is a way to measure mass. I agree with the steps RC mentioned above. Both lists are the proper ways to measure mass and the mass of water.

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  7. Christiana LaltooNovember 1, 2009 at 5:54 PM

    I agree with RC 100%. It lists how to measure the mass of an object and the mass of water. Also, Yusuf, yes you are right, the unit of metric measurement is grams. Yusuf, you did not state what grams were used to measure,( the volume of an object). Grams are used to measure the volume of an object using the metric system.

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  8. AnonymousNovember 2, 2009 at 4:40 PM

    To read a triple beam balance,you must follow these steps:
    1)Remove all objects from the platform and zero out the balance
    2)Remove any attached weights from the end of the beams
    3)Set all the poises(slides)to zero(use zero adjustment knob underneath platform to adjust the balance, if not balanced, until it is exactly at zero)
    4)Place the object on the platform and slide the poises until the balance is measured with the 0 line on the opposite side.
    5) Record the mass in grams.

    NaliniP 721

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  9. MosammedNovember 3, 2009 at 4:30 PM

    The Triple Beam Balance is a way to find the mass of an object. First, check if the line is matched up together. If the line is not lined up together then turn the knob until the line is matched. Then, put an object to check the mass of the object. First do the 100’s then the 10’s then the 1’s. Then you will have to line it up with the line so you will know the correct mass.

    Mosammed Akter
    801

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  10. Fernando FrancoNovember 4, 2009 at 7:22 PM

    First you have to make sure that the triple beam balance is colaborated. Once it is calobrated you put the object on the scale. Then you move the other weights to the right so it matches the weight of the object. Once the line on the side is alined with the other you then read the mass. The mass is measured in grams.

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  11. Thania HussainNovember 5, 2009 at 3:37 PM

    The steps in reading a triple beam balance is ..
    First you need to first zero out the balance by making sure that nothing is on the balance first. Then , turn the knob to zero out the balance until the line matches with the 0.
    Next, place the object on the balance and start moving some of the weights. If the line is over the zero then you need to add more weight. If the line is below the 0 then you need to lower the weight.
    Finally , after you have successfully gotten the line to match with the 0 then add the 10th,100th, and the 1 weights together in grams and then you have your mass/weight.

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  12. Shahrin AzimNovember 5, 2009 at 8:17 PM

    To read a triple beam balance:
    First you have to balance the beam so it would land on 0. Then put an item on balance. Next wehn you put the item on the scale, you have to move the dials to make the balance point at the 0. After that, you have to see if you moved it from the middle beam. If so add that number with the top beam which is the tens and lastly add that up with the bottom beam which is the ones.

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  13. kirandeepNovember 5, 2009 at 11:32 PM

    Before you place anything on the plate make sure the triple beam balance is callibrated and then plac ethe object on the plate. Next move the slides so its balanced. Then look at the hundreds and then tens and lastly at ones. Remember to round to nearest tenth.

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  14. AnonymousNovember 9, 2009 at 6:51 PM

    i agree with what my peers have said a triple beam balance is used to measure the mass of something

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