Kinetic Definition and 1000 Threads

Homework Statement Consider a gas of molecules of mass m at equilibrium at temperature T. Obtain an expression for the fraction of molecules having kinetic energy e = 1/2mC2 in the range e to e + de. This is problem 5.3, page 48 of Vincenti and Kruger's Intro to Physical Gas Dynamics Homework...

Homework Statement [/B] An ice skater executes a spin about a vertical axis with her feet on a frictionless ice surface. In each hand she holds a small 5kg mass of which are both 1m from the rotation axis and the angular velocity of the skater is 10rad/s. The skater then moves her arms so that...

I've added 'in classical physics' in the thread title because all the differences between them that I found on the internet involved relativistic physics. It was something like both momentum and kinetic energy being components of a four-momentum or something like that. But I cannot understand...

Homework Statement A disk of mass m1 is rotating freely with constant angular speed ω. Another disk of mass m2 that has the same radius is gently placed on the first disk. If the surfaces in contact are rough so that there is no slipping between the disks, what is the fractional decrease in the...

From Chris' perspective Bob is traveling with 1.5*108 m/s in direction a. Angelica is also traveling with 2.4*108 m/s in direction a. From Bob's perspective Chris is traveling with 1.5*108 m/s in direction b (The opposite of x). Angelica is traveling with 1.5*108 m/s in direction a. They all...

Homework Statement A child slides down a slide with a 28 degree incline , and at the bottom her speed is precisly half what it would have been if the slide had been frictionless. Calculate the coefficient of kinetic friction between the slide and the child. Homework Equations Newtons second...

Homework Statement A child slides down a slide with a 28° incline, and at the bottom her speed is precisely half what it would have been if the slide had been friction-less. Calculate the coefficient of kinetic friction between the slide and the child. Knowns: 28° speed=V/2 Homework Equations...

I'm having a bit of trouble conceptualizing this. I've looked all over the Internet, and I've been seeing that in completely inelastic collisions the reason that kinetic energy is not conserved is because energy goes into deformation, sound, propelling shrapnel, and especially heat (among other...

Homework Statement I have the decay K+ → μ+ + νμ Calculate: 1. Momentum of μ+ 2. Total energy of νμ 3. Mass of K+ 4. Speed of μ+ 5. Speed of νμ Homework Equations The only thing we get are the kinetic energy of μ+ so Kμ+ = 152.53 MeV and the mass of mμ+ = 105.658 MeV/c2 The Attempt at a...

https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t35.0-12/14796269_10210868496286479_1115393743_o.jpg?oh=0ccd692c60a1d0bab84d5fbaf7e6197b&oe=580A1894 In the figure, a 6-kg box is sliding up an incline that makes an angle of theta=30 degree (with respect to the horizontal). As it slides up the incline, a...

Homework Statement Not actually a homework question but is an exercise in my lecture notes. Homework Equations I'm following this which demonstrates that the momentum operator is Hermitian: The Attempt at a Solution$$KE_{mn} = (\frac{-\hbar^2}{2m}) \int\Psi_{m}^{*} \Psi_{n}^{''} dx $$ $$...

Homework Statement a 10 kg box is moving on a level floor. The coefficient of static friction between the box and floor is 0.3. What is the force of kinetic friction? Homework Equations fk = FN * μk The Attempt at a Solution I rearranged the formula so that everything was set equal to the...

Is the distribution the same as Boltzmann distribution? Have anyone made a mathematic equation for the KE of free electrons on a piece of metal?

Homework Statement A bead slides on a wire, which is in a vertical plane, as shown in the diagram. Gravity acts in the -y direction. The bead starts at A, moving to the right with an initial velocity v. The wire is frictionless between A and D and between F and G, but there is friction between...

Homework Statement "A rope is used to pull a ##\frac{357}{100}kg## block at constant speed ##\frac{203}{50}m## across a horizontal floor. The force on the block from the rope is ##\frac{768}{100}N## and directed ##15°## above the horizontal. What are (a) the work done by the rope's force, (b)...

Homework Statement A wooden toy mouse of mass (m) is attached to a spring with constant (k) and suspended vertically as shown below. The toy is released at the point the spring is unstretched at position x = +A, passes through equilibrium at x = 0 and the spring’s maximum extension occurs at x...

How should I look at the problem at stopping a moving object with the following conditions 1) mass m and speed v 2) 0.5 m and 2v 3)0.5m and sqrt 2 v Simple math tells me the number 2 would require more energy to stop it. I can relate to energy better in terms of how to stop a moving mass...

Homework Statement Ball 1 has an inertia of 0.500 kg and ball 2 has an inertia of 0.600 kg . Ball 1 is moving away from you at 5.0 m/s, and you decide to throw ball 2 at it to make it go faster. The balls collide head-on, and the coefficient of restitution for the collision is 0.95. Part A)How...

1. The problem statemees and given/known data A ball has a potential energy of 200J. Once the ball reached the ground, it's kinetic energy was 175J. Is this possible and does this defy the conservation of energy? Homework Equations KE = PE The Attempt at a Solution I am not sure. Being in high...

Homework Statement Homework Equations ΔKE=W+FcosΘd KE=.5mv^2 Final Vel^2=initial Velocity^2+2ax The Attempt at a Solution So calculate the force at x=2.6 to -5.356N, set 2.6(-5.356)=1.3Vf^2-1.3(0^2) which seemed to prove a problem as the square of the final velocity was negative, but just...

Homework Statement I need to accommodate a dashpot in an intentionally simple work-kinetic energy analysis method. For example, for a box being dragged up a ramp via a rope while attached to a spring, I can deal with the work done by gravity, rope tension, spring force, and friction via the...

In the tablecloth trick, if we pull the tablecloth with a great force, the objects on it will stay on the table. But, if we pull it gently, the objects on it will still get along with the cloth movement. I know that if the force exceeds the maximum value of static friction, the objects will...

Hi, I'm a high school science teacher. Most textbooks classify EM radiation as kinetic energy. But this doesn't seem right to me. As a photon is massless it's hard to see how it can have kinetic energy which is 1/2 mv^2. It could be said that it has energy hf and therefore mass hf/c^2. Then its...

When I learned about operators, I learned <x> = ∫ Ψ* x Ψ dx, <p> = ∫ Ψ* (ħ/i ∂/∂x) Ψ dx. The book then told me the kinetic energy operator T = p2/2m = -ħ2/2m (∂2/∂x2) I am just think that why isn't it -ħ2/2m (∂/∂x)2 Put in other words, why isn't it the square of the derivative, but...

1. Problem Statement: A worker lifts a heavy crate vertically 1.0 m in 2.0 s. If she lifts the same crate the same distance in 1.0 s, the work was done by her is A the same. B two times as great. C half as great. D four times as great. E one-fourth as great...

Homework Statement I really don't have a homework question just a thought. Is rest energy "maximum energy" for a particle? As to say a particle at rest has a given energy, so when it is in motion it transfers some mass energy to kinetic energy, where both the mass and kinetic energy together...

Hi, I am looking for a video helping intuition on pressure, in the context of kinetic theory of gases. I remember seeing a video where someone poured a bucketful of little hard balls (lead sinkers for fishing?) onto an electronic scales (a dynamometer, really) showing that this corresponds to...

Homework Statement "In Fig. 8-33, a runaway truck with failed brakes is moving downgrade at ##130\frac{km}{h}## just before the driver steers the truck up a friction-less emergency escape ramp with an inclination of ##θ=15°##. The truck's mass is ##1.2⋅10^4kg##. What minimum length L must the...

How can kinetic or mechanical energy be stored?

Homework Statement Show that the largest possible change in the kinetic energy , ##\Delta E_{kin}##, of a particle of mass ##m## running into another particle of mass ##M## at rest in the lab coordinate system is \Delta E_{kin} = \frac{-4AE_{kin}}{(1+A)^{2}}, where ##A = \frac{M}{m}##...

Homework Statement Consider the motion of charged particles, in one dimension only, in the presence of an electric potential V ( x). Show, by direct substitution, that a function of the form f=f(1/mv^2 + qV) is a solution of the Boltzmann equation under steady-state conditions. Homework...

Homework Statement The ammonia molecule (NH3) has a dipole moment of 5.0×10−30C⋅m. Ammonia molecules in the gas phase are placed in a uniform electric field E⃗ with magnitude 1.3×106 N/C . Part A: What is the change in electric potential energy when the dipole moment of a molecule changes...

Hey guys, this question has boggled my mind not because I don't know how to approach it but apparently the method I'm using is incorrect! Question A cannonball with a mass of 150 kg is fired from a cannon. The cannonball leaves the cannon with 447.9 kJ of kinetic energy. The cannon makes an...

Homework Statement If the speed of a vehicle increases by 2m/s then it's kinetic energy is doubled. Find out the original speed of the vehicle Homework Equations 1/2(mv^2) The Attempt at a Solution First find out both KE(kinetic energy) taking u(initial vel.) And v(final vel.) And mass as m...

In an inelastic collision is the change in kinetic energy equal to the difference of final and initial momentum if one of the objects is initially at rest? For example: m1v = (m1+m2)Vf -----> 0 = (m1+m2)Vf - m1v1 1/2(m1+m2)Vf^2 - 1/2m1v^2 = (m1+m2)Vf - m1v1 Or totally wrong? Thanks!

Homework Statement A block of mass ## M_1 ## is on an inclined plane (the plane is inclined at 30 degrees), and is attached with a light cord over a light, frictionless pulley to another mass ## M_2 ##. ## M_1 ## is fixed at 5.00kg, and ## M_2 ## can be varied. When ## M_2 = 3.20 kg ##, ##...

Homework Statement Homework Equations F=m*a ΣF(n-direction)= m*a(n)= m*(v^2/ρ) ∑F(t-direction)= m*a(t)\ Ffriction= Fn*coefficient(of friction) The Attempt at a Solution So I tried solving this question and apperently it is way easier than I thought. So I thought the kinetic friction has a...

KE is proportional to v^2. In a gravitational field KE=1/2 m*v^2. It's easy to find mathematically Work=Fd=mad=m(v/t)(v*t)=m*v^2. But how to visualize it or get an intuitively "feel" for this v^2 relationship?

A spring of spring constant k sits on a frictionless horizontal table, one end of the spring is attached to a wall the other end to a block of mass M= 2kg, also resting on the frictionless table. Another block of mass m=450g moving at a speed of 7m/s collides in-elastically with the block of...

1.e problem statement, all variables and given/known data Two positrons and two protons are kept on the four corners of a square of side a. Positrons are kept at vertices A and C and protons are kept at B and D. let q denote the charge on both positron as well as the proton. So what is the...

A 6.0kg metal ball moving at 4.0m/s hits a 6.0kg clay ball at rest and sticks to it. The two move at 2.0m/s. a. calculate the kinetic energy of the metal ball before it hits the clay ball. b. calculate the kinetic energy of the metal ball after it hits the clay ball. c. calculate the kinetic...

Homework Statement Given, force of constant magnitude, which is always perpendicular to the velocity of the particle & the motion takes place in a plane. What happens to its kinetic energy? Explain. Homework Equations Work energy theorem The Attempt at a Solution According to work energy...

Homework Statement Calculate the kinetic energy of CO, CO2, and SO3 at 276 K . Homework Equations KE = (3/2) RT KE= (1/2)(mass)(velocity)^2 The Attempt at a Solution [/B] For CO: First attempt: KE=(3/2)(RT)=(3/2)(8.314 J/mol-K)(276K) = 3441.996 -- So that's wrong Second attempt: Relative...

As we all know, for the most part, the kinetic friction force is, for the most part, constant. After moving my cup across my table, this thought crossed my mind. If I move my cup across the table with a constant speed, then the force I'm applying must be equal to the kinetic friction force...

Homework Statement I have a table that needs to be filled out. In each column, potential and kinetic energy are given, but height and velocity are left blank. Ex: PE = 20 J, KE = 0 J, h = ?, V = ? Homework Equations KE = 1/2mv^2 U = mgh The Attempt at a Solution I'm totally stumped. How can I...

Homework Statement Hi I know my picture has 2 problems, but let's just focus on the first problem parts a and b. So for part a it ask for the final frequency after the ant landed, and part b is the kinetic energy difference. Basically the ant=.01kg, diameter of cylinder is .115m, the weight of...

Hello, Throwing out a question to see if anyone has some insight. The kinetic salt effect describes the variation of the rate constant of a reaction with respect to the ionic strength of the solution. The mathematical relationship considers the ionic strength (molality/ion charges) of the...

Homework Statement Why is there more heat and sound energy produced with a larger collision? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution Honestly no clue. I would really appreciate any help! Any videos would also help!

Hi there, I have a problem to solve in Cosmology which says: "Write the formulas for the quantum kinetic energy of neutrons, protons and electrons as well as the formula for the gravitational energy for a neutron star that is comprised of free neutrons, protons and electrons in a ratio of Nn ...

Is there a threshold of maximum kinetic energy lost when kinetic energy is transferred between two objects through collision? I just cannot find any information on this, any help would be VERY much appreciated.