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AP Physics Lab

Report
Conservation of
Momentum
Ms. Susan Alulod
-By-
Arada Kongsawangchai
Chanyut Yuvacharuskul
Mnasnan Se-amorntham
TI VE
JE C
OB
To demonstrate the la
w of
Conservation of Mom
entum.

INTROD
UCT
ION
llisions between two
Consider a co
objects, u st
tw e e n tw o o f th e m m
the force be
a ls d u e to N e w to n s th ird law.
be equ
e ti m e th e fo rc e s a ct between
Also, th
o ob je c ts m u st b e e q ual too.
tw
e re fo re , w e c ou ld sa y that their
Th , b ut
q u a ls in m a g n it u d e s
impulse is e
dir e c ti on s . In a d d it io n,
difer in
g to th e im p u ls e -m o m entum
accordin
e o re m , w e ca n c o n cl u de
change th
t lo g ic a ll y tw o o b je c ts must
tha
site
PR O C E D
1. Weigh the

URE
two Vernier c
arts.
2. Put two Ve
rnier carts int
track. o the Vernier
3. Place the
end of the fr
with the start st Vernier car
of the second ts
20cm apart. M Vernier track
ake the sticky
Vernier cart f part of the
ace each othe
4. Start the r.
stopwatch at
frst Vernier c the same tim
art is pushed e the
second Vernie towards the
r cart.
5. Stop the s
topwatch and
stopwatch at start a secon
the same tim d
Vernier cart c e the frst
ollides with th
Vernier cart. e second
6. Stop the s
econd stopwa
second Vernie tch when the
r cart moves
7. With the t by 20cm.
ime data, calc
carts velocity ulate the Vern
. ier
8. With the m
ass data, calc
carts momen ulate the Vern
tum. ier
9. With the d
ata above, ca
diference be lculate %
tween the Ve
momentum in rnier carts
the theoretica
practical expe l and
riment. (Dife
attributed to rence can be
friction)
SET-UP

MATE
RIALS
- Vernier carts
- Vernier track (low
friction)
- Stopwatch
- Ruler
S U LT
RE
INELA
STIC
Inelastic Collision

Momentum Before Collision: Momentum After Collision: %


M1V1o + M2V2o (M1 + M2)Vf Different

Mass Mass Veloci Velocit Moment Mass 1 (g) Final Momen 2(pi -
1 (g) 2 (g) ty 1 y2 um + Mass 2 Veloci tum pf)
(cm/s) (cm/s) (pi) (g) ty (pf) (pi + pf)
(g.cm/s (cm/s) (g.cm/s
) )

514 508 0 41.66 21163.2 514 + 508 18.69 19101. 0.1%


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S TIC
ELA
Elastic Collision

Momentum Before Collision: Momentum After Collision: %


M1V1o + M2V2o M1Vf + M2Vf Different

Mas Mas Veloci Veloci pi Mas Mas Veloci Veloci pf 2(pi -


s1 s2 ty 1 ty 2 (g.cm/ s 1 s 2 ty 1 ty 2 (g.cm/ pf)
(g) (g) (cm/s) (cm/s) s) (g) (g) (cm/s) (cm/s) s) (pi + pf)

508 514 0 33.90 17424 508 514 32.79 0 16657 2%


.6 .32
YS I S
AL
AN
In frst table, ine
lastic collision, it
shows the data a
ll mass, velocity
and momentum ,
that was get fro
that inelastic co m
llision experimen
Inelastic collision t.
is a type of
collision that kin
etic energy befo
collision and afte re
r collision are no
equal. Kinetic en t
ergy is not
conserved becau
se the action of
internal friction l l i s i o n , it
m
l a atkic
s o
esc kinetic , and
eneecrg y t l
aabnge toe , e o c ity
on d c h s s , v e l
Inos a t a a l l mso ame other form
n
fwe n
s etr
hg ey .d c o l l i s i o
sho t h a t e lastic a t y pe
n tu m l is i o n i s
mome . E l a s t i c c o l
a nd
e n t e n t u m
experim h a t b o th m om
t i s no
i o n t e d . I
of collis g y a r e c o n s erv
l i s i o n,
e n e r the c o l
kinetic i c en e r g y i n
s o f k i n e t
ti c e n e r gy
los
n s t h a t k in e i o n a re
e a r co l l i s
which m i o na n d a f t e
c o l l i s
before
equal.

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