An Experiment to Measure the Momentum and Kinetic Energy of a System of Carts (538 words, 3 pages)
Names (redacted)Date 112315Title Conservation pEPurpose To measure the momentum and kinetic energy of a system of carts on an air-track prior to and after both elastic and inelastic collisions.Apparatus Schematics and Method See lab manualDataInelastic CollisionTrial12345Mass of Carts (Kg)Vi (ms)0.74785690.65786510.7026020.7070710.626777Initial0.175Vf (ms)0.30100790.26435130.2897150.2818010.264263Target0.18Pi (Kgms)0.1308740.1151260.1229550.1237370.109686Pf (Kgms)0.1068580.0938450.1028490.1000390.093813KEi (J)0.04893790.03786880.0431940.0437460.034374KEf (J)0.01608250.0124040.0148980.0140960.012396Elastic CollisionTrial12345Mass of Carts (Kg)V1i (ms)0.76586430.64236680.7675370.5311080.517951Initial0.295V1f ...
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