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I'm not sure what you mean by "stronger" A perfectly inelestic collision is an ideal event in which none of the kinetic energy of the colliding bodies id tranferred into them as vibrations of their own molecules, i.e. transformed into heat. In an elastic collision, which always happens in the real world, some, or even all, of the kinetic energy of the two objects will be transformed into heat vibrating their molecules. This means that in an inelastic cillision, the bodies final velocities will add up to less than the total velocities that had before the collision, In the ideal state of an inelastic collision though, the sum of their final velocities must equal the sum of their final velocities.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoA collision where the total kinetic energy (mass times speed squared) is the same after the collision as it was before. An example is colliding billiard balls, while not perfectly elastic it is close.
The opposite, a perfectly inelastic collision, is when all the kinetic energy is lost, being transformed to some other kind of energy like deformation and heat. An example here is throwing soft putty at a wall so it sticks - here all the kinetic energy was lost in the collision.
Real-world collisions are somewhere between those two extremes, depending on how much kinetic energy is retained.
As a mnemonic, if it bounces it is elastic. If perfectly elastic, it would bounce back just as fast as it hit.
To be perfectly elastic, the object cannot deform in the collision, as this would inevitably lead to some energy loss through heat. This makes a collision between billiard balls - which deform very little - more elastic than one between rubber balls, which deform quite a bit.
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∙ 13y agowhen all the energy is converted from kinetic to non kinetic and the colliding particles stop moving
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∙ 9y agoIt is a collision with no change in the kinetic energy; but this is only a theoretical ideal.
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∙ 11y agoperfectly elastic head on collision
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What happens when another object collides with another object?
Newton's Third Law is closely related to Conservation of Momentum. When objects collide, whether the collision is elastic or not, momentum is conserved. (An elastic collision is one in which mechanical energy is conserved. In an elastic collision, after the collision, the objects go away at the same relative speed at which they approached before the collision.)
If momentum were conserved the ratio of the total momentum after the collision to the total momentum before the collision would be?
1 +/- two decimal place
What does the collision of a continental plate and an oceanic plate produce?
when two plates collide they form trenches.
What are three types of orogeny?
Continental-continental, Oceanic-oceanic and Oceanic-continental convergent boundaries.
What force is caused by tiny collision's called microwelds on surfaces that are stuck together?
fricton
Second collision occurs when?
After the first collision.
What is the term given to the noise from the collision of stones?
Collision of the debris is the term that is given to the collision of the stones.
Collision in a sentence?
After a collision with another player, Greg had a concussion.She quickly swerved to the left to avoid a collision.
What is collision repair?
Repairing damage caused by a collision.
What part of speech is collision?
Collision is a noun.
How do routers and switches separate collision domains?
in my opinion there is no any collision domain in the router......but switch has collision domains for each interfaces & hub has one collision domain
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 a secondary collision?
When a vehicle is in a car accident there can be a secondary collision. For example, if car ÒbÓ was rear ended that is the first collision but when that car hit the car in front of them that is the secondary collision.
What is chargeable collision?
Chargeable Collision: A collision in which the actions of the driver of a City-owned vehicle are the primary cause of the collision. Normally, the driver will have violated state or local traffic law.
What does collision coverage automobile insurance cover?
Collision covers if you hit something or turn the vehicle over. The exception is an animal collision which is covered by comprehensive or (other than collision).
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.
Can you have a sentence with the word collision in it?
Did you hear about the collision yesterday in the park?
