Quick Answer: The K Constant Spring Apparatus is a nickel-plated spring steel spring hung from a vertical support stand beside an anodised aluminium scale with 1mm graduations and mirror backing, used to find the spring constant k.
Last updated: October 2026
Key Features
Nickel-plated spring steel spring
Anodised aluminium scale with 1mm graduations
Mirror backing on the scale to avoid parallax errors
Students hang known masses from the spring, read the extension against the mirror-backed scale and plot load against extension to find the spring constant k and check Hooke’s law. Educational Instrument can dispatch the K Constant Spring Apparatus to laboratories in Costa Rica, Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Malta and Paraguay.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the mirror on the scale for?
The mirror backing lets students line up the pointer with its reflection, which avoids parallax error when reading the 1mm graduations.