C7 Collisions
In this section you will find demonstrations of elastic and inelastic collisions, and the transfer of linear momentum and energy between bodies. It also includes examples of using collisions to measure velocity.
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C7-01: AIR TRACK - ELASTIC COLLISIONS
Demonstrate conservation of energy and conservation of momentum in elastic collisions Read More
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C7-02: AIR TRACK -INELASTIC COLLISIONS
Demonstrate conservation of momentum in elastic collisions Read More
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C7-03: AIR TRACK - SCATTERING WITHOUT CONTACT
Show that elastic scattering can occur between two objects without actual physical contact between the objects Read More
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C7-04: AIR TRACK - COLLISION VELOCITY MULTIPLIER
Illustrate velocity multiplication with a three-to-one mass ratio collision Read More
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C7-11: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - EQUAL MASSES
Demonstrates conservation of energy and conservation of linear momentum in multiple elastic collisions Read More
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C7-12: COLLISION OF BALLS - ONE LIGHTER MASS
Show what happens when one mass in a collision ball set is different from the others Read More
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C7-13: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - GRADUATED MASSES
Demonstrate how the velocity is multiplied by a sequence of collisions between balls of decreasing mass Read More
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C7-14: COLLISIONS OF BALLS WITH FLOOR
Illustrate collisions of different balls with the floor Read More
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C7-15 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - 3 TO 1 MASS RATIO
Shows velocity multiplication in colliding balls Read More
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C7-16: HAPPY AND UNHAPPY BALLS
Illustrate coefficient of restitution Read More
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C7-17 SUPERBALL
Illustrates nearly elastic collisions Read More
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C7-18 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - ASTROBLASTER
Shows velocity multiplication in colliding balls Read More
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C7-19: GAUSSIAN GUN
Demonstrate transfer of energy in an elastic collision Read More
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C7-21: ENERGY AND MOMENTUM - COLLISION AND PROJECTILE
Illustrate conservation of momentum and conservation of energy Read More
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C7-23: MEDICINE BALL AND SKATEBOARD
Demonstrate large-scale collisions Read More
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C7-24: SILLY PUTTY
Show collisions with an unusual material Read More
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C7-25: SUPERBALL, VACUUM MUD AND WOOD BLOCK COLLISIONS
Show that a larger impulse is imparted by an elastic collision Read More
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C7-26: BOUNCING PUTTY AND NON-BOUNCING SUPERBALL
Show unusual collisions Read More
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C7-42: AIR TABLE - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Qualitatively demonstrate elastic and inelastic two-dimensional collisions Read More
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C7-43: AIR TABLE - SMALL - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Demonstrate collisions of pucks on an air table in rooms not accessible by the large air table Read More
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C7-44: COLLISIONS - HOVERPUCKS
Demonstrate two-dimensional collisions Read More
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C7-51: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - PELLET GUN
Determine the speed of an air gun pellet using a ballistic pendulum Read More
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C7-52: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - LABORATORY MODEL
Demonstrate operation of the standard laboratory type ballistic pendulum Read More
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C7-53: AIR TRACK - SPEED OF AIR GUN PELLET
Determine the speed of an air gun pellet using conservation of momentum in an inelastic collision Read More
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