physics 1300 lab 3

Table 1: 1D Head-on collisions Collision #1 Identical Coins #2 Larger moving coin #3 Smaller moving coin Mass of coin 1 (moving) in kg 0.0044 0.0044 0.00175 Mass of coin 2 (stationary) in kg 0.0044 0.00395 0.0073 Velocity (m/s) Coin 1 velocity before 0.075 1.05 1.27 Coin 2 velocity before 0.00 0.00 0.00 Coin 1 velocity after 0.021 0.188 -0.193 Coin 2 velocity after 0.043 0.375 0.30 Momentum (kg m/s) Total momentum before 3.3 x 10 -3 4.62 x 10 -3 2.22 x 10 -3 Total momentum after 2.88 x 10 -4 1.60 x 10 -3 1.85 x 10 -3 Kinetic energy (J) Total kinetic energy before 1.24 x 10 -5 2.43 x 10 -3 1.41 x 10 -3 Total kinetic energy after 5.04 x 10 -6 2.223 x 10 -4 3.61 x 10 -4 Total kinetic energy remaining (%) 40.65 9.19 26