Well, I think my description may have been unclear, but I'm measuring the force of friction by testing 'With Friction' versus 'No Friction', to first, determine the force of the friction by the addition onto the spring scale. When the bottom of the thermometer rubs against the high-friction...
By "The thermometer being moved normally", I mean measuring pulling it with a spring scale, without applying friction. Due to the energy having to have an outlet, as the energy does not simply disperse, I'm calculating the transfer from the energy produced by friction, to thermal energy. I do...
Homework Statement
For science fair, I'm doing a project in which we are trying to calculate the force of a thermometer being moved normally, versus a thermometer being slowed down by a high-friction material. The thermometer will (Potentially) read the amount of thermal energy produced by...