Saturday, 8 December 2012

what is elastic and inelastic collision

elastic and inelastic collisionElastic collision 

         A collision in which kinetic energy of the system is conserved is called elastic collision.
In the ideal case when no kinetic energy is lost, the collision is said to be perfectly elastic.
Example
       when a hard ball is dropped onto a marble floor, it rebounds to very nearly the initial height. It loses negligible amount of energy in collision with the floor.

Inelastic collision

       A collision in which kinetic energy of the system is not conserved , is called the inelastic collision.
Example
      When tow tennis balls collide the then after collision , they rebound with velocities less than the velocities before, the inspect. During this process a portion of K.E is lost,partly due to friction as molecules in
the ball move past one another when the balls distort. And partly energy is last into heat and sound energies.
Note
      It is to be noted that momentum and total energies are conserved in all types of collision. However, the K.E is conserved only in elastic collision.              

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