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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / How to measure the mass and balance point of a human limb?
« on: 13/06/2018 20:58:08 »
Preferably the forearm. I can't spend big money on x-rays, nor can I chop my arm off I've asked this elsewhere - https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/257340/how-to-measure-the-mass-and-balance-point-of-a-human-forearm
I know the volume of my forearm, using the Archimedes method, for 10 equal segments of my forearm.
I've also looked at x-rays to work out roughly tissue distribution. Only issue, in terms of precision, is there is quite a big difference in density between bone, fat and muscle. On average, bone is 1.7500 g/cm and muscle is 1.0599 g/cm3.
I know the volume of my forearm, using the Archimedes method, for 10 equal segments of my forearm.
I've also looked at x-rays to work out roughly tissue distribution. Only issue, in terms of precision, is there is quite a big difference in density between bone, fat and muscle. On average, bone is 1.7500 g/cm and muscle is 1.0599 g/cm3.