Student Kit – Mechanics

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Consumables
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Set of apparatus for carrying out 25 basic student experiments on the mechanics of solids, liquids, and gases. In a robust Gratnells tray with foam inserts molded to the shapes of the items and a transparent lid. The experiments are designed to occupy as little space as possible on the base-plate of the Basic Kit Base Set 1000730 (U60011), while remaining clear and easy to perform. Includes comprehensive student and instructor manuals and experiment guides.

Contents:

1 Steel leaf spring
1 Lever arm
1 Ruler
1 Pulley
1 Pulley with hook
1 Weight, 100 g
3 Weights, 50 g
2 Weights, 25 g
1 Dynamometer, 2 N
1 Metal pivot
4 Washer rings to fit metal pivot
1 Pulley with cord
1 Trolley
1 Friction pad
1 Coil spring
1 Iron block
1 Aluminium block
1 Wooden block
1 Silicone tube, 500 mm x 3 mm dia.
1 Tubing connector
1 Clip, 8 mm dia.
1 Clip, 14 mm dia.
1 Syringe, 60 ml
1 Syringe, 30 ml
1 Plastic sphere
1 Rubber stopper (30 mm x 31/25 mm dia.)
1 Funnel, 40 mm dia.
1 U-tube manometer
1 Measuring cylinder
100 g Modelling clay

Includes 25 Experiments on the Subject of Mechanics:

Effects of forces
Action and reaction
Deformation by forces (2 experiments)
Masses and densities of bodies
Friction (2 experiments)
Second class lever
First class lever (2 experiments)
Fixed pulley
Moving pulleys
Combinations of fixed and moving pulleys (block and tackle)
Inclined plane (2 experiments)
Connected vessels
Pressure in liquids
Principle of the U-tube manometer
Pressure due to weight of fluids
Buoyancy in liquids
Floating and sinking
Air as a body
Pressure and volume
Temperature and volume
Effects of atmospheric pressure