BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Study Guide - Final Guide: Inelastic Collision, Elastic Collision, Unit
9 Aug 2022
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Table of contents (1) collision definition (2) elastic collision (3) inelastic collision (4) elastic collision formula (5) centre of mass and laboratory frames. (6) the laboratory frame of reference (7) importance of centre of mass. The v1i is the speed of molecule m1, where the addendum "i" suggests initial. For this situation, the item with mass m1 crashes into the fixed object of mass m2. As a consequence of this impact the masses m1 and m2 move in different directions because of the collision. An elastic collision is a collision in which there is no net loss in kinetic energy in the system as a result of the collision. Both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved quantities in elastic collisions. Suppose two similar trolleys are traveling toward each other with equal speed. Collisions between atoms and molecules are examples of elastic collision. In the macroscopic world, the collision between billiard balls is a close example of an elastic collision.
