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    Lab 8: Collisions: Purpose

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    1) The lab experiment was designed to verify the laws of conservation of momentum and energy through elastic and inelastic collisions between carts on a track. 2) The experimental setup included a leveled track, carts of varying masses, a camera to record collisions, and software to analyze pre- and post-collision velocities. 3) Trials were conducted for elastic and inelastic collisions between moving and stationary carts both with and without added masses, and the results were calculated and compared to test the conservation laws.

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    1) The lab experiment was designed to verify the laws of conservation of momentum and energy through elastic and inelastic collisions between carts on a track. 2) The experimental setup included a leveled track, carts of varying masses, a camera to record collisions, and software to analyze pre- and post-collision velocities. 3) Trials were conducted for elastic and inelastic collisions between moving and stationary carts both with and without added masses, and the results were calculated and compared to test the conservation laws.

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    1) The lab experiment was designed to verify the laws of conservation of momentum and energy through elastic and inelastic collisions between carts on a track. 2) The experimental setup included a leveled track, carts of varying masses, a camera to record collisions, and software to analyze pre- and post-collision velocities. 3) Trials were conducted for elastic and inelastic collisions between moving and stationary carts both with and without added masses, and the results were calculated and compared to test the conservation laws.

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    1) The lab experiment was designed to verify the laws of conservation of momentum and energy through elastic and inelastic collisions between carts on a track. 2) The experimental setup included a leveled track, carts of varying masses, a camera to record collisions, and software to analyze pre- and post-collision velocities. 3) Trials were conducted for elastic and inelastic collisions between moving and stationary carts both with and without added masses, and the results were calculated and compared to test the conservation laws.

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    Lab 8: Collisions

    Introduction
    Purpose
    To verify the conservation of momentum and energy laws
    Equipment
    Tracks with stops, 3 cars, weight, camera connected to computer, balance








    Procedure
    We set up the track with stops on it and leveled it by using the cars on them to see when they would
    balance out. Set up the camera parallel to the track so we would be able to record a viewing screen
    slightly larger than half a meter. We then recorded first a completely elastic collision. Since this would
    be impossible to actually achieve we got it close with using magnetic repulsion for the collision. In the
    first trial we collided one car into another stationary car of almost the same weight. We then used the
    recording to match frame by frame where the cars were. After graphing the points using the Logger Pro
    computer program we were able to find the velocities before and after the collision of both cars on the
    track. Then we proceeded in doing this again but having added more mass onto the moving car. Next we
    did both of these trials again but instead we had completely inelastic collisions. As an added trial we
    collided a moving car into a stationary car that had weight added to it in a completely elastic collision.
    Appendix: Calculations (Excel)


    Inelastic

    Elastic

    Trial 1 2

    1 2 3
    m1 0.5 0.5

    0.50085 0.50085 0.50085
    m2 0.50085 0.50085

    0.50055 0.50055 0.50055
    weight 0 0.4974

    0 0.4974 0.4974
    v1 0.6482 0.4724

    0.3235 0.3193 0.4047
    v2 0 0

    0 0 0
    v1' 0.364 0.3552

    0 0.1459 -0.1189
    v2' 0.364 0.3552

    0.3874 0.4499 0.241
    Ptotal 0.3241 0.471172

    0.162025 0.318741 0.202694
    Ptotal' 0.364309 0.532178

    0.193913 0.370842 0.180955
    %deltaP 11.68183 12.16059

    17.91778 15.11083 11.33282
    KEtotal 0.105041 0.111291

    0.026208 0.050887 0.041015
    KEtotal' 0.066304 0.094515

    0.037561 0.061283 0.032521
    %deltaKE -45.2146 -16.3026

    35.60824 18.53599 -23.1011

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