Air Track

Air Track

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Application: ₁

•	Uniform and uniformly accelerated motions
•	Newton's laws of motion
•	Law of conservation of momentum and energy
•	Elastic and inelastic collisions
•	Motion on an inclined air track

Product Information: ₁
Track with square profile and 2 gliders for investigating frictionless linear motion. Mounted on a robust U-shaped base resting on three feet that can be adjusted to ensure horizontal alignment. The air is blown in from the front and escapes through small air outlets arranged in 2 rows along the track. This allows for practically frictionless movement of the gliders on the triangular track with no tilting. With millimetre tape measure.

Specifications: ₁

Material:	Anodised aluminium
Total length:	2,00 m
Working length:	1,90 m
Maximum deviation from straight line over complete length:	0,03 mm
Track profile:	Square, 63 mm x 63 mm
Thickness of walls:	3 mm
Separation of air outlets holes:	20 mm
Base profile:	U-shaped profile
Width of base:	100 mm
Height of base:	50 mm
Wall thickness of base:	5 mm

Contents:₁

1	Air track on U-shaped base profile resting on three feet
2	Gliders made of black anodised aluminium with 4-mm holes to accommodate velocity flags and other accessories, plus pins at the sides to hold additional weights, mass: 170 g, length: 125 mm
4	Additional 50 g weights
1	Set of slotted weights with holder, 2x 1 g, 1x 2 g, 1x 5 g, 1x 10 g, holder 2 g
2	Velocity flags with plug for interrupting light barriers, mass: 5 g, width: 25 mm
3	Forks with plugs and rubber bands for catapulting gliders and investigating elastic collisions, mass: 10 g
3	Plates with plugs for investigating elastic collisions, mass: 10 g
1	Needle with plug for investigating inelastic collisions, mass: 10 g
1	Small tube with plug and plastic filling for investigating inelastic collisions, mass: 10 g
1	Hook with plug for attaching a thread with accelerating weights on the end, mass: 10 g
1	Pulley for frictionless deflection of accelerated masses
1	Set of screws and tools for assembling air track
1	Manual