1N30.20 • Collisions in One Dimension: 3:1 Collision Balls

Location: Cabinet 3

Photo Shows the Demonstration Used at Univeristy of Texas at Austin.

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Instructions / Notes:

• Two steel balls, one with ~2 times the mass of the other are used to show conservation of momentum.
• The steel balls collide elastically.
• The resulting velocity of small ball when struck by the larger ball is very noticeable.

Drawing is by Courtesy of the University of Minnesota.

Last updated on February 24, 2025