Physics A-Level
Perfectly inelastic collision
What Perfectly inelastic collision means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Perfectly inelastic collision
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A special case in which the bodies stick together and move with a common velocity, giving maximum kinetic energy loss.
Topics that use Perfectly inelastic collision
- Collisions (OCR A-Level)
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