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-===== Modeling a Solid Wire with Springs ======+Section 4.4 and 4.5 in Matter and Interactions (4th edition) 
  
-To understand how solids exert different forces, you must learn how the microscopic, ball and spring model relates to more macroscopic measures such as elongation/compression and force. To do this, we will need to model the interatomic bond between two atoms in a cubic lattice a spring. In these notes, you will read about the relationship between microscopic physical quantities and macroscopic ones as they relate to the extension or compression of solid materials.+===== Modeling a Solid Wire with Springs ======
  
 +To understand how solids exert different forces, you must learn how the microscopic, ball and spring model relates to more macroscopic measures such as elongation/compression and force. To do this, we will need to model the interatomic bond between two atoms in a cubic lattice a spring. **In these notes, you will read about the relationship between microscopic physical quantities and macroscopic ones as they relate to the extension or compression of solid materials.
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 ==== Lecture Video ==== ==== Lecture Video ====
  
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 ==== Modeling the interatomic bond as spring ==== ==== Modeling the interatomic bond as spring ====
  
-[{{ 183_notes:mi3e_04-011.png?200|Cubical lattice model of solid where the interatomic distance is d.}}]+[{{ 183_notes:lattice_cube_spheres.png?200|Cubical lattice model of solid where the interatomic distance is d.}}]
 To model the interatomic bond as a spring, we will need to first determine how "long" the bond is. Let's take the concrete example of Platinum (Pt). A single mole of Pt has 6.02×1023 atoms in it and has an atomic mass of 195.08g. Pt has a density of 21.45g/cm3. We can determine the density of Pt in SI units: To model the interatomic bond as a spring, we will need to first determine how "long" the bond is. Let's take the concrete example of Platinum (Pt). A single mole of Pt has 6.02×1023 atoms in it and has an atomic mass of 195.08g. Pt has a density of 21.45g/cm3. We can determine the density of Pt in SI units:
  
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 This is roughly the distance between atoms in a solid piece of Pt. We think of this as the "interatomic bond length." For most metals, this is between .1-.2 nm as you calculated above. This is roughly the distance between atoms in a solid piece of Pt. We think of this as the "interatomic bond length." For most metals, this is between .1-.2 nm as you calculated above.
-==== Modeling the solid wire ====+====== Modeling the solid wire ======
  
 [{{ 183_notes:mi3e_04-012.png?150|Model of wire, which uses parallel chains of springs.}}] [{{ 183_notes:mi3e_04-012.png?150|Model of wire, which uses parallel chains of springs.}}]
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 The simplest model we can use for a wire (beyond a single atomic chain), is to model it as many long parallel chains connected by springs. For you to understand this model, you will need to understand how to model two springs connected end-to-end (in series) and two springs connected side-by-side (in parallel). The simplest model we can use for a wire (beyond a single atomic chain), is to model it as many long parallel chains connected by springs. For you to understand this model, you will need to understand how to model two springs connected end-to-end (in series) and two springs connected side-by-side (in parallel).
  
-=== Two springs connected end-to-end (series) ===+===== Two springs connected end-to-end (series) =====
  
 [{{183_notes:series.png?300|Two springs connected end-to-end. }}] [{{183_notes:series.png?300|Two springs connected end-to-end. }}]
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 //In series, each spring stretches as if the mass were attached to just that spring//, and the sum of all those stretches gives the overall stretch. //In series, each spring stretches as if the mass were attached to just that spring//, and the sum of all those stretches gives the overall stretch.
  
-== Modeling two end-to-end springs as one spring (effective spring constant) ==+==== Modeling two end-to-end springs as one spring (effective spring constant) ====
  
 You will often find it useful to consider a whole chain of springs as one spring. That is, you can model springs attached end-to-end as one hypothetical spring that stretches the same amount under the same load as the chain of springs. This is called using an effective spring constant. It's //effective// in the sense that it models the //effect// of having this chain of springs not that it is in any sense more efficient. For the example above, you can find the single spring that stretches 2m when a 100N ball is attached to it. You will often find it useful to consider a whole chain of springs as one spring. That is, you can model springs attached end-to-end as one hypothetical spring that stretches the same amount under the same load as the chain of springs. This is called using an effective spring constant. It's //effective// in the sense that it models the //effect// of having this chain of springs not that it is in any sense more efficient. For the example above, you can find the single spring that stretches 2m when a 100N ball is attached to it.
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 ks,eff=50N/m ks,eff=50N/m
  
-=== Two springs side-by-side (parallel) ===+===== Two springs side-by-side (parallel) ====
  
 Let's consider attaching a 100N ball to two 100N/m springs where each spring is connected to the ball and not to each other. In this case, both springs must stretch by the same amount. If the ball hangs motionless (no change in momentum), we can use the momentum principle to determine how much these springs stretch. Let's consider attaching a 100N ball to two 100N/m springs where each spring is connected to the ball and not to each other. In this case, both springs must stretch by the same amount. If the ball hangs motionless (no change in momentum), we can use the momentum principle to determine how much these springs stretch.
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 //In parallel, each spring stretches the same amount//. //In parallel, each spring stretches the same amount//.
  
-== Modeling two side-by-side springs as one spring (effective spring constant) ==+==== Modeling two side-by-side springs as one spring (effective spring constant) ==
  
  
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