2007-08-01 02:32:16 · 5 answers · asked by Malfoy vs Potter 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Yes, it would all have to be turned into potential energy. I am a robot, I can do this for you while serving tea.
2007-08-01 02:34:23 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I can think of two scenarios which are basically equivalent:
Two balls of soft putty with equal but opposite momentum collide. The result is a stationary mass twice as large.
One ball of similar putty smacks into a wall and sticks. The result is a stationary, splatted ball.
In both cases the kinetic energy was absorbed in the deformation of the putty, then released as heat.
If there is so much kinetic energy that the balls are splattered all over the place, each of those blobs would have some momentum *but* the overall momentum averaged over all the fragments would be zero, or at any rate equivalent to the vector sum of the two initial masses' momenta.
2007-08-01 09:41:27 · answer #2 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. The object would have to reach absolute zero, which isn't possible. Remember, temperature is equal to the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up the object.
2007-08-01 09:42:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure, two super elastic squishy balls colliding and collapsing into eachother, coming to a dead stop.
2007-08-01 09:35:11 · answer #4 · answered by rogavit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fairly right,when two elastic ball collapse into a dead end to a velocity of zero.
2007-08-01 09:39:08 · answer #5 · answered by Emperor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋