C4-14: AIR TRACK - ACCELEROMETER

ID Code:C4-14
Purpose:Demonstrate the behavior of a liquid accelerometer.
Description:The glider/accelerometer assembly moves along the horizontal air track with the surface of the water parallel to the floor in the absence of acceleration. With the air track tilted, the surface of the water is horizontal when the glider is motionless, but becomes parallel to the air track when the glider accelerates down the incline. Various motions and accelerations of the glider can be studied, with the air track either level or tilted. The photographs above show the accelerometer at rest and freely accelerating down the tilted air track.
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