If you roll a quartz ball into another quartz ball

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When a quartz ball collides with a stationary quartz ball, the electrical energy transfer depends on the alignment of their structures. Perfect alignment may allow for some meaningful energy transfer, while any distortion could potentially be reabsorbed and converted back into electrical energy. However, the consensus suggests that the effect of such a collision would be negligible, similar to that of snooker or metal balls. Quartz's high elasticity contributes to minimal energy loss during collisions. Overall, the interaction is expected to behave like traditional elastic collisions with little electrical energy impact.
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If you roll a quartz ball into a stationary quartz ball what would happen to any electrical energy in the collision? My guess is that the structures would need to be in perfect alignment for any meaningful electrical energy transfer and any distortion caused by the electrical transfer would be reabsorbed by the first ball and become electrical energy again? Or would the effect be negligible and the balls behave the same as any snooker or metal balls?
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I would think the latter.

Quartz is a very elastic solid, exhibiting very low loss in collisions.
 

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