Timeline for Where does Binding Energy get taken out when using conservation of momentum on inelastic collisions?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
2 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2021 at 13:48 | comment | added | Robbe | Thanks for this answer! I think I understand it now. So just to reiterate (for a totally inelastic collision): The momentum is always conserved, in any collision. The energy that remains then, is used for deformation and such. This is always the same, independent of the material or the type of binding. Is that correct? It stills seems a bit fishy to me that the amount of energy "lost" is always the same - the area could be bigger or smaller... but it just doesn't really make sense to me... guess I'll have to live with it though :( | |
| Jul 7, 2021 at 0:43 | history | answered | JRL | CC BY-SA 4.0 |