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published by the University of New South Wales
written by Joe Wolfe
This web page provides a multimedia introduction to momentum and collisions.  It includes topics such as mass and velocity, momentum conservation, forces, vectors, and examples of elastic and inelastic collisions.  Short video clips are integrated with text to promote understanding of important concepts.  

This tutorial is part of the PhysClip collection of web-based resources on introductory mechanics, electricity, and magnetism.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Linear Momentum
= Collisions in One Dimension
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Informal Education
- Upper Undergraduate
- Collection
- Instructional Material
= Tutorial
- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
= Movie/Animation
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- Educators
- text/html
- application/flash
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© 2006 School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Australia
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.
Keywords:
collision, conservation of momentum, elastic collision, force, inelastic collision, momentum , multimedia, newton's laws
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Metadata instance created March 12, 2009 by Alea Smith
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March 16, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
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AIP Format
J. Wolfe, (University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2006), WWW Document, (https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/momentum.html).
AJP/PRST-PER
J. Wolfe, Physclips: Momentum and collisions - Background material (University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2006), <https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/momentum.html>.
APA Format
Wolfe, J. (2008, January 23). Physclips: Momentum and collisions - Background material. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from University of New South Wales: https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/momentum.html
Chicago Format
Wolfe, Joe. Physclips: Momentum and collisions - Background material. Sydney: University of New South Wales, January 23, 2008. https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/momentum.html (accessed 19 March 2024).
MLA Format
Wolfe, Joe. Physclips: Momentum and collisions - Background material. Sydney: University of New South Wales, 2006. 23 Jan. 2008. 19 Mar. 2024 <https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/momentum.html>.
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@misc{ Author = "Joe Wolfe", Title = {Physclips: Momentum and collisions - Background material}, Publisher = {University of New South Wales}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {19 March 2024}, Month = {January 23, 2008}, Year = {2006} }
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