Perfectly Elastic Collision - Real World Examples

cterence_chow · Aug 12, 2006

What is a perfectly elastic collision?

Does it exist in the real world?

myself · Aug 12, 2006

Perfect elastic collision is a collision where no kinetic energy is lost during the collision (so there is no sound and no friction during the collision). This occurs on the atomic level (for example gas particles collide basically elastically)

cterence_chow · Aug 12, 2006

i thought that's only an elastic collision?

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