What is Weight ? | āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŋ ?
What is Weight ? | āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŋ ?
Definition | āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž
Weight is the gravitational force acting on an object. (āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖāĻāύāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāϞāĻ āĻāĻāύ (Weight) āĻŦā§āϞā§āĨ¤)
Points | āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϏāĻŽā§āĻš
- It changes with gravity. (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻš'āϞ⧠āĻāĻāύ⧠āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
- SI Unit = Newton (N). (SI āĻāĻāĻ = āύāĻŋāĻāĻāύ (N)āĨ¤)
- Weight is a vector quantity. (āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āĻā§° ā§°āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĨ¤)
- Measured by Spring Balance. (āϏā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĻā§āĻ (Spring Balance)-ā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Formula | āϏā§āϤā§ā§° :
Weight = Mass × Gravity (W = m×g)
āϝ'āϤ,
- W = Weight (āĻāĻāύ)
- m = Mass (āĻā§°)
- g = Acceleration due to Gravity (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖāĻāύāĻŋāϤ āϤā§āĻŦā§°āĻŖ)
Value of Gravity on Earth | āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖā§° āĻŽāĻžāύ
On Earth, g ≈ 9.8 m/s² (āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āϤ g ≈ 9.8 m/s²)
Example | āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ
If Mass = 5 kg
Then, W = 5 × 9.8 = 49 N, Weight = 49 N
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§° 5 kg āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāύ = 49 NāĨ¤
Measuring Instrument | āĻā§āĻāĻžā§° āϏāĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ: Spring Balance (āϏā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĻā§āĻ)
Gravity Effect | āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ą
- Earth (āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§) → Weight is more
- Moon (āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°) → Weight is less
Mass remains the same, but weight changes according to gravity. (āĻā§° āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻāĻāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Note: Weight = Force due to Gravity (āĻāĻāύ = āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖāĻāύāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāϞ)
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