Disc and dumbbell on torsion pendulum

Experiment no.: 2.2.4
Scheibe und Hantel auf Drillpendel Revised since 03/24
With rotational motion, the inertia is not given by the masses but by the moment of inertia. The period of oscillation of a torsion pendulum is measured with different arrangements of masses.

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