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Is it possible to have a collision in which all of the kinetic energy is lost?
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∙ 14y ago
A car driving into a very large rock.
A collosion where all the things colliding (in the example the car and the rock) are no longer moving after the collision is one where all the kentic energy is lost.
K.E. = 1/2 * m * v2
If v=0 then there is no kinetic energy.
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What is the momentum of marbles after collision?
Same as before the collision. This applies whether the collision was elastic (no loss of kinetic energy) or inelastic (some kinetic energy lost).
What is kinetic to kinetic energy?
same if none has been lost. ke=0.5Xmv(squared) GPE=massxgravityxheight
What is elastic and inelastic collision?
In an elastic collision, no kinetic energy is lost, and the relative speed of separation of the objects after the collision is the same as the relative speed before the collision. In an inelastic collision, part of the elastic energy is lost, and the relative speed after the collision is less.
What kind of collision does not conserve kinetic energy?
Usually all types of collisions, except for elastic collisions, as kinetic energy is usually lost as from deformation, heat, sound, etc.
What is the difference between an elastic collision and an inelastic collision?
No loss in energy due to collision is for elastic collision. But there will be a loss during collision in case of in-elastic collision. So KE will remain constant before and after collision in case of elastic collision.
What is the momentum of marbles after collision?
Same as before the collision. This applies whether the collision was elastic (no loss of kinetic energy) or inelastic (some kinetic energy lost).
What is kinetic to kinetic energy?
same if none has been lost. ke=0.5Xmv(squared) GPE=massxgravityxheight
What is elastic and inelastic collision?
In an elastic collision, no kinetic energy is lost, and the relative speed of separation of the objects after the collision is the same as the relative speed before the collision. In an inelastic collision, part of the elastic energy is lost, and the relative speed after the collision is less.
When a moving object hits another can energy be lost?
No energy is lost in such a collision, although kinetic energy is converted into thermal and possibly into potential energy.
What is the difference between inelastic collision and perfectly inelastic collision?
In an inelastic collision kinetic energy is lost (generally through energy used to change an objects shape), but the two objects rebound off each other with the remaining kinetic energy. In a perfectly inelastic collision the two objects stick together after the collision.
Comparison between elastic and inelastic collision?
In an elastic collision, all initial kinetic energy is fully restored as final kinetic energy. where nothing is converted into noise, heat or any other form of energy. In an inelastic collision, kinetic energy is "lost" to thermal or sound energy.
Can an object have momentum and kinetic energy but have no force?
Because momentum has a direction, it can be used to predict the resulting direction of objects. An elastic collision is one in which no kinetic energy is lost.
What kind of collision does not conserve kinetic energy?
Usually all types of collisions, except for elastic collisions, as kinetic energy is usually lost as from deformation, heat, sound, etc.
When an action and reaction occur momentum is usually lost?
No. Total momentum before and after the collision is the same. Some kinetic energy can be lost - but not momentum.
What is the difference between an elastic collision and an inelastic collision?
No loss in energy due to collision is for elastic collision. But there will be a loss during collision in case of in-elastic collision. So KE will remain constant before and after collision in case of elastic collision.
Why is it difficult to use the law of conservation of energy to calculate the effects of a collision?
Depending on the type of collission, a variable amount of energy is "lost" in the sense that it is converted from kinetic energy to heat, usually.
In a collision what is conserved?
Momentum is conserved in a collision. If two cars have the same mass and are traveling at the same speed and collide headfirst, the momentum of both cars cancel each other out and they will be motionless. If one has greater speed or mass than the other, it will still have the difference in momentum after the collision.
