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Newton's Second Law on air track
M-g1b
An air track glider whose weight can be varied is attached to one end of a spring that has its other end fixed. The glider is pulled back and released; a photogate records its transit time at one point before the glider collides with the compressed spring.


Fishbane Chapter:   4.2
PIRA DCS classification:   1G10.23

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
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