Drawbacks to use the period of a pendulum as a time standard?

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The discussion revolves around the drawbacks of using the period of a pendulum as a time standard, exploring its reliability and accuracy in timekeeping.

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  • Participants inquire about potential issues with pendulum timekeeping, including the effects of environmental factors like temperature on pendulum length. Questions about the gold standard for timekeeping and the historical use of pendulums are also raised.

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what are the drawbacks to use the period of a pendulum as a time standard?
 
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fizzahasan said:
what are the drawbacks to use the period of a pendulum as a time standard?

Why don't you tell us what you think some of the issues might be? What is the gold standard for timekeeping? Why is it used? What properties of a pendulum would keep it from being used as the gold standard? Why were pendulums used at all?
 


is that an answer?
 


fizzahasan said:
is that an answer?

LOL, no, of course not. We do not do your homework for you here at the PF. The PF Rules are very clear about that (see the link at the top of the page).

We can ask probing questions (what I did), though, and those questions are meant to help you go do some research and try to answer your own question.
 


LOL. sarcasm!
well a hint would have worked.
 


Hint: Does the length of the pendulum remain constant with change in temperature?
 


no. thankyou
 


You are welcome :)
 

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