Beam Balance And Physical Balance

Beam Balance And Physical Balance. The beam balance is another name for the physical balance. It consists of a beam at the centre supported by an agate knife resting on a support moving inside a vertical pillar.

The balance beam interactive provides a tool to investigate the factors that affect the ability for different masses placed upon opposite sides of a balance beam to balance. A physical balance is a device that measures the weight (or gravitational mass) of an object by comparing it with a standard weight (or standard gravitational mass).