Consider two pool balls sliding frictionlessly across a pool table. Before the collision, ball 1 slides leftward at 2.0 m/s, and ball 2 is motionless. After the ”head-on” collision, ball 1 slides leftward at 0.50 m/s. Both balls have mass m= 0.10 kg. What is the velocity (speed and direction) of ball 2 after the collision? During the collision, the balls heat up slightly. How many joules of ”dissipated” energy (e.g. heat and sound energy) are generated during the collision?
Kinetic Theory of Gas
The Kinetic Theory of gases is a classical model of gases, according to which gases are composed of molecules/particles that are in random motion. While undergoing this random motion, kinetic energy in molecules can assume random velocity across all directions. It also says that the constituent particles/molecules undergo elastic collision, which means that the total kinetic energy remains constant before and after the collision. The average kinetic energy of the particles also determines the pressure of the gas.
P-V Diagram
A P-V diagram is a very important tool of the branch of physics known as thermodynamics, which is used to analyze the working and hence the efficiency of thermodynamic engines. As the name suggests, it is used to measure the changes in pressure (P) and volume (V) corresponding to the thermodynamic system under study. The P-V diagram is used as an indicator diagram to control the given thermodynamic system.
Consider two pool balls sliding frictionlessly across a pool table. Before the collision, ball 1 slides leftward at 2.0 m/s, and ball 2 is motionless. After the ”head-on” collision, ball 1 slides leftward at 0.50 m/s. Both balls have mass m= 0.10 kg.
What is the
velocity (speed and direction) of ball 2 after the collision?
During the collision, the balls heat up slightly. How many joules of ”dissipated” energy (e.g. heat and sound energy) are generated during the collision?
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