Collisions
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What Is A Collision?
Collision: When two bodies are approaching each other, a force comes into play between them for a finite time and brings about a measurable change in their velocities, momentum and…
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What Do You Mean By Elastic Collision?
Elastic collision ( or elastic scattering): If the sum of the kinetic energies of the colliding particles or bodies after collision is the same as the sum of the kinetic…
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What Do You Mean By Inelastic Collision?
Inelastic collision (or inelastic scattering): If the sum of the kinetic energies of the colliding bodies or particles after collision is not the same as the sum of the kinetic…
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Define Conservation Of Linear Momentum.
Conservation of linear momentum: Let us consider two masses and moving with velocities and respectively, collide in an inertia frame of reference. Let and be the velocities of the particles…
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Explain The Two Types Of Inelastic Collision.
Two types of inelastic collision: If the sum of the kinetic energies of the colliding bodies or particles after collision is not the same as the sum of the kinetic…
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Define Reaction.
If the final particles after collision is entirely different from the initial particles before collision, then this type of collision is known as reaction. The initial particles are known as…
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What Is The Advantage Of Studying The Collision Process?
Advantages of studying collision process: There are various types of forces and interactions in the nature. These forces and interactions act in both the macroscopic and microscopic levels. Therefore the…
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Explain Laboratory And Centre Of Mass Frame Of Reference.
In order to study the collisions between two particles, we shall come across the centre of mass system or centre of mass frame of reference and laboratory system or laboratory…