Collisions can be elastic or inelastic. Learn about what's conserved and not conserved during elastic and inelastic collisions.

Now, whether it's elastic or inelastic, momentum is still gonna be conserved for these collisions. If that collision happens over a short time interval, there's not enough time for an external force …

Block A is initially moving to the right on a horizontal frictionless surface with speed v 0. An identical block, B, is initially moving to the left with speed v 0 toward block A, as modeled …

In this video, David solves an example elastic collision problem to find the final velocities using the easier/shortcut approach. Created by David SantoPietro.

Is steel more elastic than rubber? We all have some intuition for elastic and non-elastic materials. But how do we define elasticity? How do we say whether something is more or less elastic? In …

If the kinetic energy is the same, then the collision is elastic. If the kinetic energy changes, then the collision is inelastic regardless of whether the objects stick together or not.

Elastic and inelastic collisions Define elastic and inelastic collisions in terms of a system's kinetic energy, and analyze the motion of objects involved in different collision types.

Elastic collisions and conservation of momentum Learn What is conservation of momentum?

Collisions can be elastic or inelastic. Learn about what's conserved and not conserved during elastic and inelastic collisions.

Elasticity is calculated as percent change in quantity divided by percent change in price. Elastic situations have elasticity greater than 1, while inelastic situations have elasticity less than 1.