• ID Code: C7-21
  • Purpose: Illustrate conservation of momentum and conservation of energy.
  • Description: A pool ball, suspended as a pendulum of length L, is released from an angle a and collides with an identical pool ball initially at rest. The second pool ball then immediately projects horizontally off the edge of the lecture table of height H. The range R of the projected ball is given by R = 2 SQRT [ LH (1 - cos a)]
  • Availability: Available
  • References: http://lecdem.physics.umd.edu/images/refs/refsc.htm#C7-21
  • Loc codes: C7