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Momentum and its Conservation
The impulse-momentum change theorem and the law of conservation of momentum are introduced, explained and applied to the analysis of collisions of objects.
Conservation Laws
If a system does not interact with its environment in any way, then certain mechanical properties of the system cannot change. They are sometimes called "constants of the motion". These quantities ...
Conservation Of Energy
One way to describe the Conservation of Energy is "Energy can neither be created nor destroyed". Another approach is to say that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant.
Elastic Collision
An elastic collision is defined as one in which both conservation of momentum and conservation of kinetic energy are observed.
Hyperphysics - Particle Interactions and Conservation Laws
Conservation laws in quark interactions involving baryon number, lepton number, entropy, parity, isopin, strangeness with good links to other relevant areas of the site.
Conservation Laws
Deal with the laws of conservation of momentum, or energy, and of angular momentum.
Ballistic Pendulum
The ballistic pendulum is a classic example of a dissipative collision in which conservation of momentum can be used for analysis, but conservation of energy during the collision cannot be invoked ...
Hyperphysics - Isospin
Explanation of conservation of isopin in groups of particles with nearly the same mass.
Conservation of angular momentum
Animation showing a merry-go-round when a child jumps on via a slow walk or run. Also shows speeding up if movement is towards the centre. However, has no explanation so only useful as demonstration.
Saving Energy and Energy Conservation
Some easy ways for you to save energy around the house.




