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Name: Inelastic Collisions in One Dimension
ID: m42164
Language: English (en)
Summary:
  • Define inelastic collision.
  • Explain perfectly inelastic collision.
  • Apply an understanding of collisions to sports.
  • Determine recoil velocity and loss in kinetic energy given mass and initial velocity.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Collisions conservation of momentum, Inelastic collision, Internal kinetic energy, Momentum, Perfectly inelastic
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Copyright Holders: Rice University (daniel@openstaxcollege.org)
Maintainers: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org), OSC Physics Maintainer (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Latest version: 1.4 (history)
First publication date: Dec 21, 2011 1:35 pm -0600
Last revision to module: Jun 20, 2012 9:49 am -0500

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Version: 1.5 May 16, 2013 3:00 pm -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
Changes: 
fixed erratum v1 to v2
Version: 1.4 Jun 20, 2012 9:49 am -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer Currently viewing this version.
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post W&N QA
Version: 1.3 Jun 13, 2012 1:38 pm -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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Version: 1.2 Jun 13, 2012 9:47 am -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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initial content publication
Version: 1.1 Dec 28, 2011 2:36 pm -0600 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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