Mass vs Weight (āĻ­ā§° āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ“āϜāύ)




@. What is Weight ? | āĻ“āϜāύ āĻ•āĻŋ ? : View Paper


@. What is Mass ? | āĻ­ā§° āĻ•āĻŋ ? : View Paper




What's the Difference ? | āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋ ?


MASS (āĻ­ā§°)



  • Amount of matter in an object (āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĨ¤)

  • Measured in kilogram (kg) (āĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧋āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽ (kg)-āϤ āĻœā§‹āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)

  • Same everywhere (āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻ āĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤)

  • Measured using a Beam Balance (āϤ⧁āϞāĻžāĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ (Beam Balance)-⧰⧇ āĻœā§‹āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)



WEIGHT (āĻ“āϜāύ)



  • Gravitational force acting on an object (āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖāϜāύāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāϞāĨ¤)

  • Measured in Newton (N) (āύāĻŋāωāϟāύ (N)-āϤ āĻœā§‹āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)

  • Changes with gravity (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻš'āϞ⧇ āĻ“āϜāύ⧋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)

  • Measured using a Spring Balance (āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧇āĻžā§āϚ (Spring Balance)-⧰⧇ āĻœā§‹āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Earth (āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€) // Moon (āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°)


Gravity is weaker on the Moon. (āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€āϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ•āĻŽāĨ¤)


Therefore, an object weighs less on the Moon, but its mass remains the same. (āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇, āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻ“āϜāύ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ­ā§° āĻāϕ⧇āχ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤)


Definitions | āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž


MASS (āĻ­ā§°) : Mass is the amount of matter present in an object. (āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻ• āĻ­ā§° āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤)


WEIGHT (āĻ“āϜāύ): Weight is the gravitational force acting on an object. (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻ• āĻ“āϜāύ āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤)


Formula | āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°:


Weight Formula (āĻ“āϜāύ⧰ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°): W = mg


Where | āϝ'āϤ : W = Weight (āĻ“āϜāύ), m = Mass (āĻ­ā§°), g = Acceleration due to gravity (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖāϜāύāĻŋāϤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§°āĻŖ)


Differences between Mass and Weight | āĻ­ā§° āφ⧰⧁ āĻ“āϜāύ⧰ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ


Mass (āĻ­ā§°) : Amount of matter (āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ), Measured in kg (kg-āϤ āĻœā§‹āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ)



  • Amount of matter in an object. (āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĨ¤)

  • Measured in kilogram (kg). (āĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧋āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽ (kg)-āϤ āĻœā§‹āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)

  • Same everywhere. (āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻ āĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤)

  • Scalar quantity. (āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞāĻžā§° ā§°āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĨ¤)

  • Measured using a Beam Balance. (āϤ⧁āϞāĻžāĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ (Beam Balance)-⧰⧇ āĻœā§‹āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)

  • Cannot be zero. (āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻš'āĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤)


Weight (āĻ“āϜāύ): Gravitational force acting on an object. (āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖāϜāύāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāϞāĨ¤), Measured in Newton (N). (āύāĻŋāωāϟāύ (N)-āϤ āĻœā§‹āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)



  • Changes with gravity (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)

  • Vector quantity. (āϭ⧇āĻ•ā§āϟ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĨ¤)

  • Measured using a Spring Balance. (āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧇āĻžā§āϚ (Spring Balance)-⧰⧇ āĻœā§‹āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)

  • Can be zero where there is no gravity. (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤)


Example | āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ



  • A person has a mass of 60 kg. (āĻāϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻ­ā§° 60 kgāĨ¤)

  • On Earth, his weight is about 588 N. (āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€āϤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ⧰ āĻ“āϜāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ 588 NāĨ¤)

  • On the Moon, his weight becomes about 98 N. (āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ⧰ āĻ“āϜāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ 98 N āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)

  • But his mass remains 60 kg. (āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ⧰ āĻ­ā§° 60 kg-āχ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤)


Note:



  • Mass = Amount of Matter → āĻ­ā§° = āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ

  • Weight = Gravitational Force → āĻ“āϜāύ = āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖāϜāύāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāϞ

  • Mass → kg → āĻ­ā§° → kg

  • Weight → N → āĻ“āϜāύ → N

  • Mass remains same everywhere → āĻ­ā§° āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻ āĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇

  • Weight changes with gravity → āĻ“āϜāύ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ

  • Weight = Mass × Gravity (W = mg) → āĻ“āϜāύ = āĻ­ā§° × āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ (W = mg)