Year 10 Textbook

St. Mary’s College Science Department
Year 10 Science
The next Material test is for strength.
Experiment 2: Testing the strength of materials
1. Attach material to a retort stand.
2. Attach a weight holder to the other end of the material.
3. Hang weights, one by one, onto the weight holder until the material
snaps/ breaks.
4. Record results in a table…
Name of material
Thread
String
Paper
Human hair
Number of weights held
before material snapped
84