Exciting Experiments for Linear Momentum Conservation

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Exciting experiments for demonstrating the conservation of linear momentum can be conducted in home or school labs. Suggested experiments include studying billiard ball collisions, using a ballistic pendulum, and exploring Newton's Cradle. Additionally, carts on a track can effectively illustrate momentum conservation principles. Participants are encouraged to seek step-by-step methods and apparatus details for these experiments. Overall, these activities provide engaging ways to understand linear momentum conservation.
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Are there any exciting experiments for the conservation of linear momentum?
 
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Are there any exciting experiments for the conservation of linear momentum?

Lots... www.fnal.gov/[/url] [url]www.cern.ch/[/url] [url]www.slac.stanford.edu/[/URL]
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Experimetns that can be done at home or in a school lab
 
velocity said:
thanxx

Experimetns that can be done at home or in a school lab

You probably don't need to full machinery of special and general relativity for the experiments described below:

You could study the collision of billiard balls
or the ballistic pendulum http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/balpen.html
or Newton's Cradle http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/cradle.htm
or carts on a track http://www.physics.ucla.edu/demoweb/demomanual/mechanics/second_law/dynamic_track_demos.html
or many more: http://www.google.com/search?q=conservation+of+momentum+lab
 
velocity said:
in a school lab
Hmm, I guess that rules out the hunting rifle I was going to suggest :smile:
 
Thanxx guys for all your help! the Rifle one souds great:wink:

However are there no experiments that has a step by step method and an apparatus...?
 

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