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  2. Elastic collision - Wikipedia

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    In physics, an elastic collision is an encounter between two bodies in which the total kinetic energy of the two bodies remains the same. In an ideal, perfectly elastic collision, there is no net loss of kinetic energy into other forms such as heat , noise, or potential energy .

  3. Coulomb collision - Wikipedia

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    A Coulomb collision is a binary elastic collision between two charged particles interacting through their own electric field. As with any inverse-square law , the resulting trajectories of the colliding particles is a hyperbolic Keplerian orbit .

  4. Collision theory - Wikipedia

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    Collision theory was proposed independently by Max Trautz in 1916 [1] and William Lewis in 1918. [2] [3] When a catalyst is involved in the collision between the reactant molecules, less energy is required for the chemical change to take place, and hence more collisions have sufficient energy for the reaction to occur.

  5. Kinetic diameter - Wikipedia

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    The scattering cross section, σ, in a collision between two dissimilar particles or molecules is defined by the sum of the kinetic diameters of the two particles, = (+) where. r 1, r 2 are, half the kinetic diameter (ie, the kinetic radii) of the two particles, respectively.

  6. Collision - Wikipedia

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    Collision is short-duration interaction between two bodies or more than two bodies simultaneously causing change in motion of bodies involved due to internal forces acted between them during this. Collisions involve forces (there is a change in velocity). The magnitude of the velocity difference just before impact is called the closing speed.

  7. Collider - Wikipedia

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    A collider is a type of particle accelerator that brings two opposing particle beams together such that the particles collide. [1] Compared to other particle accelerators in which the moving particles collide with a stationary matter target, colliders can achieve higher collision energies. Colliders may either be ring accelerators or linear ...

  8. Coefficient of restitution - Wikipedia

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    The COR is a property of a pair of objects in a collision, not a single object. If a given object collides with two different objects, each collision has its own COR. When a single object is described as having a given coefficient of restitution, as if it were an intrinsic property without reference to a second object, some assumptions have been made – for example that the collision is with ...

  9. Inelastic collision - Wikipedia

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    A completely inelastic collision between equal masses. A perfectly inelastic collision occurs when the maximum amount of kinetic energy of a system is lost. In a perfectly inelastic collision, i.e., a zero coefficient of restitution, the colliding particles stick together. In such a collision, kinetic energy is lost by bonding the two bodies ...