Physics A-Level
Coalescence and explosions
What Coalescence and explosions means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Bodies may separate in collisions, move together with a common final velocity in coalescence, or have initial total momentum of zero in explosions.
Topics that use Coalescence and explosions
- Momentum (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Algebraic modelling of collisions
- Area under a force–time graph
- Closed system
- Conservation of linear momentum
- Consistency of units and signs
- Elastic versus inelastic collisions
- Explosions as momentum-conserving separations
- Impulse
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