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past the elastic limit of it. Because of this it was important to have a sensible range for the load and from preliminary readings I found that starting with 100g and going up in 100g steps up to 600g is suitable.

To begin with for each system, I will hang the spring on a clamp stand, measure it’s length, and mark this as a fiducial point from which the extensions can be measured. I will then hang each load in turn on the spring and measure the...