What is an Elastic Collision?
An elastic collision is one in which both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved. No energy is converted to other forms like heat or sound.
Calculate Parameters for Elastic Collisions
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An elastic collision is one in which both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved. No energy is converted to other forms like heat or sound.
In elastic collisions:
Notable elastic collision scenarios:
Elastic collisions are important in:
Perfect elasticity is rare because:
v₁f = ((m₁-m₂)v₁ᵢ + 2m₂v₂ᵢ)/(m₁+m₂)
v₂f = (2m₁v₁ᵢ + (m₂-m₁)v₂ᵢ)/(m₁+m₂)
v₁f = v₂ᵢ
v₂f = v₁ᵢ
v₁f = ((m₁-m₂)v₁ᵢ)/(m₁+m₂)
v₂f = (2m₁v₁ᵢ)/(m₁+m₂)