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Photogate Timer
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Table 6.2 Both Gliders have Initial Velociies
L
1
= 12.6 cm
L
2
= 12.8 cm
Distance Between Photogates = 60cm
Notes - on Questions
c
No. In most cases, there is slight loss of momentum due
to existence of slightly inelastic collisions. Secondly, as
the gliders collide, the linear motion of the gliders may
be changed to include vibvrations that introduced
additional loss of momentum due to friction or drag.
d
Yes. This the definition for the conservation of momen-
tum.
e
No. In this case momentum is added or lost due to the
influenced of gravitational acceleration.
L
1
= 12.8 cm
L
2
= 12.6 cm
Distance Between Photogates = 60cm
General Notes
Generally the amount of momentum loss in the collisions
for this experiement ranged from 1% to 11%. Momen-
tum loss is contributed by equipment setup and the inabil-
ity to maintain a constant velocity throughout the
experiement. It however also points out the fact that
mommentum is always loss not gained. The increased in
momentum in one or two cases is due to additional influ-
ences such as gravitational introduced by unlevelled
airtrack .
m
1
m
2
t
1i
t
2i
t
1f
t
2f
v
1i
v
2i
v
1f
v
2f
P
i
P
f
% Error
(g)
(g)
(s)
(s)
(s)
(s)
(m/s)
(m/s)
(m/s)
(m/s)
(kg*m/s) (kg*m/s) (%)
180.2 261.3
0.362 0.422 0.312 0.589
0.35
-0.303 -0.40
0.22
-0.02
-0.02
3.31
180.2 261.3
0.353 0.427 0.313 0.568
0.36
-0.300 -0.40
0.23
-0.01
-0.01
2.51
180.2 261.3
0.49
0.468 0.356 0.848
0.26
-0.274 -0.35
0.15
-0.03
-0.02
3.15
180.2 261.3
0.461 0.574 0.42
0.726
0.27
-0.223 -0.30
0.18
-0.01
-0.01
11.38
180.2 261.3
0.486 0.593 0.435 0.778
0.26
-0.216 -0.29
0.16
-0.01
-0.01
4.93
m
1
m
2
t
1i
t
2i
t
1f
t
2f
v
1i
v
2i
v
1f
v
2f
P
i
P
f
% Error
(g)
(g)
(s)
(s)
(s)
(s)
(m/s)
(m/s)
(m/s) (m/s)
(kg*m/s) (kg*m/s) (%)
261.3 180.2
0.349 0.285 0.475 0.265
0.37
-0.442
-0.27
0.48
0.02
0.02
5.57
261.3 180.2
0.442 0.354 0.583 0.332
0.29
-0.356
-0.22
0.38
0.01
0.01
4.44
261.3 180.2
0.491 0.451 0.769 0.372
0.26
-0.279
-0.17
0.34
0.02
0.02
1.31
261.3 180.2
0.4
0.327 0.542 0.302
0.32
-0.385
-0.24
0.42
0.01
0.01
4.99
261.3 180.2
0.346 0.298 0.503 0.264
0.37
-0.423
-0.25
0.48
0.02
0.02
4.70