{"id":5824,"date":"2016-12-08T20:49:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T20:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/?p=5824"},"modified":"2024-01-19T19:10:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:10:41","slug":"faster-than-g-falling-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/2016\/12\/faster-than-g-falling-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Faster-than-g Falling Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/falling-chain.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5825 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/falling-chain-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"falling-chain\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/falling-chain-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/falling-chain-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/falling-chain-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/falling-chain-772x579.jpg 772w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/falling-chain-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/falling-chain.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hold both ends of the chain- one end in each hand- so that the chain hangs freely and forms a U shape.<\/li>\n<li>When one end of the chain is released it accelerates toward the ground faster than g. To prove it, drop an object simultaneously with the chain end, and listen to hear which one strikes the ground first.<\/li>\n<li>Requires standing on ladder.<\/li>\n<li>Chain located in L02, section B3. Plastic balls in section A2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hold both ends of the chain- one end in each hand- so that the chain hangs freely and forms a U shape. When one end of the chain is released it accelerates toward the ground faster than g. To prove it, drop an object simultaneously with the chain end, and listen to hear which one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/2016\/12\/faster-than-g-falling-chain\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Faster-than-g Falling Chain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[547,6,65],"tags":[84,548,228,264],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5824"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5827,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5824\/revisions\/5827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.swarthmore.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}