Air Track with Blower and Electronic Counter 200 cm

Air Track with Blower and Electronic Counter 200 cm

The air track is designed to study motion in physics experiments, including uniform motion, uniformly accelerated motion, Newton's laws, elastic and inelastic collisions. Investigating the motion of a body moving along any surface is influenced by the friction exerted by that surface, directed opposite to the motion. The air track aims to minimize these forces by creating an "air cushion" on which gliders glide without touching the track; in combination with photogates, it provides very precise measurement results.

Kit Contents

• Linear air track L-200 cm with a complete set of accessories
• Electronic counter with motion sensors
• Electric blower (350 W, max 60 dB – quiet)

Topics possible to explore with this set

• Influence of forces on the motion of an object
• Law of conservation of momentum
• Conservation of momentum and energy
• Study of acceleration
• Determination of velocity in uniform rectilinear motion
• Elastic collisions
• Inelastic collisions
• Study of kinetic and potential energy
• Variable motions: average speed, instantaneous speed, parabolic time graph
• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Law of inertia
• Uniform linear motion
• Uniformly accelerated rectilinear motion
• Uniformly varied motion: velocity and acceleration

Experiments described in the manual:

1. Determination of average and instantaneous velocity in uniformly accelerated straight-line motion.
2. Determination of acceleration in uniformly accelerated straight-line motion.
3. Testing the validity of Newton's second law of motion.
4. Law of conservation of momentum.
5. Study of simple harmonic motion.