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WFU Physics Lecture Demonstrations
Collision Carts on a Frictionles TrackPIRA 1N30.30 |
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Two carts on a track can be made to collide elastically
(without sticking) and inelastically (sticking). Due to the conservation
of linear momentum, carts that collide will have the same total momentum
after the collision as before.
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Collision Carts |
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None at this time.
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