हिंदी

A screw gauge has 50 divisions on its circular scale and the pitch of the screw is 0.5 mm. What us its least count?

Advertisements
Advertisements

प्रश्न

A screw gauge has 50 divisions on its circular scale and the pitch of the screw is 0.5 mm. What us its least count?
टिप्पणी लिखिए
Advertisements

उत्तर

Pitch of the screw= 0.5 mm

No. of divisions on circular scale = 50

`"Least count"="pitch of the screw"/"no. of divisions on the circular scale"`

so, L.C. = `0.5/50=0.01` mm

shaalaa.com
  क्या इस प्रश्न या उत्तर में कोई त्रुटि है?
अध्याय 1: Measurements and Experimentation - Exercise 5 [पृष्ठ ४७]

APPEARS IN

फ्रैंक Physics Part 1 [English] Class 9 ICSE
अध्याय 1 Measurements and Experimentation
Exercise 5 | Q 42 | पृष्ठ ४७

संबंधित प्रश्न

Name the part of the vernier callipers which is used to measure the following

Internal diameter of a mug


Draw a neat and labelled diagram of a screw gauge.

Name its main parts and state their functions.


Which of the following measures a small length to high accuracy : metre rule , vernier callipers or screw gauge?


The final result of the calculation in an experiment is 125,347,200. Express the number in term of significant place when accuracy is between 1 and 100


The final result of the calculation in an experiment is 125,347,200. Express the number in term of significant place when accuracy is between 1 and 1000


Who invented vernier callipers?


State the formula for calculating length if:

The reading of the main scale is known and the number of vernier scale divisions coinciding with the main scale is known.


A micrometre screw gauge has a positive zero error of 7 divisions, such that its main scale is marked in 1/2 mm and the circular scale has 100 divisions. The spindle of the screw advances by 1 division complete rotation.
If this screw gauge reading is 9 divisions on the main scale and 67 divisions on the circular scale for the diameter of a thin wire, calculate

  1. Pitch
  2. L.C.
  3. Observed diameter
  4. Corrected diameter

The thimble of a screw gauge has 50 divisions for one rotation. The spindle advances 1 mm when the screw is turned through two rotations.

  1. What is the pitch of the screw?
  2. What is the least count of screw gauge?
  3. When the screw gauge is used to measure the diameter of wire the reading on the sleeve is found to be 0.5 mm and reading on thimble is found, 27 divisions. What is the diameter of the wire in centimetres?

What do you mean by the term pitch of a screw gauge?

Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×