ERIC Number: EJ1330050
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jan
Pages: 6
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Collision of Two Coins on a Horizontal Surface
Physics Education, v57 n1 Article 015009 Jan 2022
Oblique angle collisions of two penny coins on a smooth, horizontal surface were filmed with a video camera to investigate the physics of the collision process. If one of the coins is initially at rest, then the two coins emerge approximately at right angles, as commonly observed in billiard ball collisions and in puck collisions on an air table. The coins actually emerged at an angle less than 90 degrees due to friction between the coins, which also resulted in both coins rotating after the collision. At glancing angles, the friction force was due to sliding friction. At other angles of incidence the coins gripped each other and the friction force was then due to static friction.
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Video Technology, Science Experiments, Equations (Mathematics)
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