Mass vs Weight (āĻā§° āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻāύ)
@. What is Weight ? | āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŋ ? : View Paper
@. What is Mass ? | āĻā§° āĻāĻŋ ? : View Paper
What's the Difference ? | āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻāĻŋ ?
MASS (āĻā§°)
- Amount of matter in an object (āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĨ¤)
- Measured in kilogram (kg) (āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽ (kg)-āϤ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
- Same everywhere (āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻ āĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤)
- Measured using a Beam Balance (āϤā§āϞāĻžāĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ (Beam Balance)-ā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
WEIGHT (āĻāĻāύ)
- Gravitational force acting on an object (āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖāĻāύāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāϞāĨ¤)
- Measured in Newton (N) (āύāĻŋāĻāĻāύ (N)-āϤ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
- Changes with gravity (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻš'āϞ⧠āĻāĻāύ⧠āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
- Measured using a Spring Balance (āϏā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĻā§āĻ (Spring Balance)-ā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Earth (āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§) // Moon (āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°)
Gravity is weaker on the Moon. (āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āϤāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĨ¤)
Therefore, an object weighs less on the Moon, but its mass remains the same. (āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§, āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻā§° āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤)
Definitions | āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž
MASS (āĻā§°) : Mass is the amount of matter present in an object. (āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻ āĻā§° āĻŦā§āϞā§āĨ¤)
WEIGHT (āĻāĻāύ): Weight is the gravitational force acting on an object. (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĨ¤)
Formula | āϏā§āϤā§ā§°:
Weight Formula (āĻāĻāύ⧰ āϏā§āϤā§ā§°): W = mg
Where | āϝ'āϤ : W = Weight (āĻāĻāύ), m = Mass (āĻā§°), g = Acceleration due to gravity (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖāĻāύāĻŋāϤ āϤā§āĻŦā§°āĻŖ)
Differences between Mass and Weight | āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ
Mass (āĻā§°) : Amount of matter (āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ), Measured in kg (kg-āϤ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ)
- Amount of matter in an object. (āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĨ¤)
- Measured in kilogram (kg). (āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽ (kg)-āϤ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
- Same everywhere. (āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻ āĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤)
- Scalar quantity. (āϏā§āĻā§āϞāĻžā§° ā§°āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĨ¤)
- Measured using a Beam Balance. (āϤā§āϞāĻžāĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ (Beam Balance)-ā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
- Cannot be zero. (āĻļā§āύā§āϝ āĻš'āĻŦ āύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤)
Weight (āĻāĻāύ): Gravitational force acting on an object. (āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖāĻāύāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāϞāĨ¤), Measured in Newton (N). (āύāĻŋāĻāĻāύ (N)-āϤ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
- Changes with gravity (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
- Vector quantity. (āĻā§āĻā§āĻā§° ā§°āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĨ¤)
- Measured using a Spring Balance. (āϏā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĻā§āĻ (Spring Balance)-ā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
- Can be zero where there is no gravity. (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻļā§āύā§āϝ āĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤)
Example | āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ
- A person has a mass of 60 kg. (āĻāĻāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻā§° 60 kgāĨ¤)
- On Earth, his weight is about 588 N. (āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āϤ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ 588 NāĨ¤)
- On the Moon, his weight becomes about 98 N. (āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ 98 N āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
- But his mass remains 60 kg. (āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻā§° 60 kg-āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤)
Note:
- Mass = Amount of Matter → āĻā§° = āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ
- Weight = Gravitational Force → āĻāĻāύ = āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖāĻāύāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāϞ
- Mass → kg → āĻā§° → kg
- Weight → N → āĻāĻāύ → N
- Mass remains same everywhere → āĻā§° āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻ āĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§
- Weight changes with gravity → āĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
- Weight = Mass × Gravity (W = mg) → āĻāĻāύ = āĻā§° × āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ (W = mg)