Linear Momentum
C7-19: GAUSSIAN GUN
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate transfer of energy in an elastic collision
D1-32: TRAJECTORY FROM CIRCULAR ORBIT
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Show that the instantaneous velocity of an object executing uniform circular motion is tangent to the circle.
D1-31: TRAJECTORY FROM SPIRAL
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Show that forces are required to create circular motion.
D1-30: TRAJECTORY FROM CIRCULAR ORBIT - OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Show that the instantaneous velocity of an object executing uniform circular motion is tangent to the circle.
C7-53: AIR TRACK - SPEED OF AIR GUN PELLET
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Determine the speed of an air gun pellet using conservation of momentum in an inelastic collision.
C7-52: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - LABORATORY MODEL
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate operation of the standard laboratory type ballistic pendulum.
C7-51: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - PELLET GUN
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Determine the speed of an air gun pellet using a ballistic pendulum.
C7-44: COLLISIONS - HOVERPUCKS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate two-dimensional collisions.
C7-43: AIR TABLE - SMALL - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate collisions of pucks on an air table in rooms not accessible by the large air table.
C7-42: AIR TABLE - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Qualitatively demonstrate elastic and inelastic two-dimensional collisions.
C7-26: BOUNCING PUTTY AND NON-BOUNCING SUPERBALL
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Show unusual collisions.
C7-25: SUPERBALL, VACUUM MUD AND WOOD BLOCK COLLISIONS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Show that a larger impulse is imparted by an elastic collision.
C7-21: ENERGY AND MOMENTUM - COLLISION AND PROJECTILE
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Illustrate conservation of momentum and conservation of energy.
C7-16: HAPPY AND UNHAPPY BALLS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Illustrate coefficient of restitution.
C7-14: COLLISIONS OF BALLS WITH FLOOR
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Illustrate collisions of different balls with the floor.
C7-13: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - GRADUATED MASSES
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate how the velocity is multiplied by a sequence of collisions between balls of decreasing mass.
C7-12: COLLISION OF BALLS - ONE LIGHTER MASS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Show what happens when one mass in a collision ball set is different from the others.
C7-04: AIR TRACK - COLLISION VELOCITY MULTIPLIER
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Illustrate velocity multiplication with a three-to-one mass ratio collision.
C7-03: AIR TRACK - SCATTERING WITHOUT CONTACT
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Show that elastic scattering can occur between two objects without actual physical contact between the objects.
C7-02: AIR TRACK -INELASTIC COLLISIONS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate conservation of momentum in elastic collisions.