Elastic collision — Science definition
A collision in which both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved.
Where it is taught
- Momentum & Collisions — Work, Energy & Momentum, Physics & Environmental Science, Grade 12
In use
In an elastic collision, both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved; the objects bounce off with no energy lost to heat, the way hardened steel balls or gas molecules nearly do.
Momentum & Collisions