defination of perfect elastic and inelastic collision differences and examples?

Answer 1

a perfect elastic collision is a collision in which all kinetic energy is transferred and no kinetic energy is lost due to heat or deformation. this can be approximated by the collision of two identical steel ball bearings.

a perfect inelastic collision is a collision in which no kinetic energy is transferred and all kinetic energy is lost to heat and/or deformation. this can be approximated by the collision of two identical pieces of soft clay.