Can sum1 plz temmme wht d difference betn elastic n inelastic collision is?
2007-09-01 03:58:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Everything is in the Internet:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/elacol.html
http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/collision.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inelastic_collision
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_collision
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Physics/MolecularPhysics/Molecularprocesses/Elastic/Elastic.htm
http://www.citycollegiate.com/collision1.htm
http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c13_elasticity.html
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall2002.web.dir/Ben_Townsend/TypesofCollisions.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/elastic-collision
http://www.answers.com/inelastic%20collision
http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/physics/chapter9section4.rhtml
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/elacol.html
http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/collision.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inelastic_collision
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_collision
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Physics/MolecularPhysics/Molecularprocesses/Elastic/Elastic.htm
http://www.citycollegiate.com/collision1.htm
http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c13_elasticity.html
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall2002.web.dir/Ben_Townsend/TypesofCollisions.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/elastic-collision
http://www.answers.com/inelastic%20collision
http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/physics/chapter9section4.rhtml
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2007-09-01 04:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by oregfiu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In elastic collisions there is conservation of the total kinetic energy (before and after the collision) and there is no deformation of the bodies involved in the collision. These conditions are not met in inelastic collisions.
2007-09-01 04:16:32 · answer #2 · answered by timeton 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋