1N30.15 • Collisions in One Dimension: Collision Dead Balls

Photo shows the demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin

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Concepts Conveyed

• Inelastic collisions due to dead balls.
• The different types of collisions resulting from dead versus live balls.

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Instructions / Notes:

• Displace any amount of the dead balls and observe how the kinetic energy of the displaced ball(s) do not distribute to the other dead balls, unlike the 1N30.10 Collision Balls demonstration.

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Demo Staff:

• This demo might be good to pair up with 1N30.10 Collision Balls for further comparison.

Last updated on July 1, 2026