Question

Difference between contact and non contact force

Answer 1

CONTACT FORCE...


Pushing a car up a hill or kicking a ball or pushing a desk across a room are some of the everyday examples where contact forces are at work. In the first case the force is continuously applied by the person on the car, while in the second case the force is delivered in a short impul....


NON- CONTACT FORCE.....


A non - contact force is a force which acts on an object without coming physically in contact with it. The most familiar example of a non- contact force is gravity, which confers weight. In contrast a contact force is a
force applied to a body by another body that is in contact with it.

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its difference between to contact and non contact force.....

Answer 2

Heya there!


A force which is acting on an object without physically coming in contact with it is a NON-CONTACT FORCE
whereas,
CONTACT FORCE is a force applied to an object by another object coming in contact with it.

eg for non contact forces :-
Gravitational force - A pull by earth which attracts objects towards it.
Magnetic force
Electrostatic force
Nuclear force
,etc.

eg for contact force :-
Muscular force - Force applied by our muscles.
Frictional force
Air resistence force
,etc.


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