BALANCE [Triple Beam]

BALANCE [Triple Beam]

• A triple beam balance with a capacity of 2610g.
• 3x add-on masses supplied extends range from 750g to 2610g.
• Sensitivity 0.1g.
• Top loading 150mm diameter.
• Stainless steel pan magnetically damped.

(Wikipedia excerpt: .."...A scale or balance [B] is a device used to measure weight or mass. These are also known as mass scales, weight scales, mass [B] , massometers, and weight [B] . The traditional scale consists of two plates or bowls suspended at equal distances from a fulcrum. One plate holds an object of unknown mass (or weight), while objects of known mass or weight, called weights, are added to the other plate until mechanical equilibrium is achieved and the plates level off, which happens when the masses on the two plates are equal. The perfect scale rests at neutral.

A spring scale will make use of a spring of known stiffness to determine mass (or weight). Suspending a certain mass will extend the spring by a certain amount depending on the spring's stiffness (or spring constant). The heavier the object, the more the spring stretches, as described in Hooke's law. Other types of scales making use of different physical principles also exist. Some scales can be calibrated to read in units of force (weight) such as newtons instead of units of mass such as kilograms. Scales and [B] are widely used in commerce, as many products are sold and packaged by mass....")