'Levitation' of a falling pencil. (1st July 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- 'Levitation' of a falling pencil. (1st July 2022)
- Main Title:
- 'Levitation' of a falling pencil
- Authors:
- Cross, Rod
- Abstract:
- Abstract: If a pencil is held upright on a smooth horizontal surface and allowed to fall, then the bottom end first slides backward and then forward across the surface. If the top end of the pencil is given a firm horizontal push then the bottom end lifts off the surface and the whole pencil becomes airborne.
- Is Part Of:
- Physics education. Volume 57:Number 4(2022)
- Journal:
- Physics education
- Issue:
- Volume 57:Number 4(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 57, Issue 4 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 57
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0057-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2022-07-01
- Subjects:
- normal reaction force -- centripetal acceleration -- faster than g
Physics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Periodicals
530.0712 - Journal URLs:
- http://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0031-9120 ↗
http://ioppublishing.org/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1088/1361-6552/ac5640 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0031-9120
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- Legaldeposit
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