eg of law of conservation of momentum
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Newton's cradle is an example of the Law of Conservation of Momentum. An example of law of conservation of momentum is Newton's cradle, a device where, when one ball is lifted and then let go, the ball on the other end of a row of balls will push upward.
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According to this law: “The momentum of an isolated system of two or more than two interacting bodies remains constant.”The momentum of a system depends on its mass and velocity. A system is a group of bodies within certain boundaries. An isolated system is a group of interacting bodies on which no external force is acting. It is expressed mathematically as:
mAvA+mBvB=mA+v'A+mBv'B
conservation of momentum formula
The above formula states that the momentum of two striking bodies before and after collision remains the same.
Conservation of momentum examples in real life
Consider the example of an air-filled balloon as described under the third law of motion. In this case, the balloon and the air inside it form a system. Before releasing the balloon, the system was at rest and hence the initial momentum of the system was zero. As soon as the balloon is set free, air escapes out of it possesses momentum. To conserve momentum, the balloon moves in a direction opposite to that of air rushing out.
Similarly:
A system of gun and a bullet. Before firing the gun, both the gun and the bullet are at rest, so the total momentum of the system is zero. As the gun is fired, bullet shoots out of the gun and acquires momentum. To conserve the momentum of the system, the gun recoils. According to the law of conservation of momentum, the total momentum of the gun and the bullet will be zero after the gun is fired. Let m be the mass of the bullet and v be the velocity on firing the gun; M be the mass of the gun and V be the velocity with which it recoils. Thus the total momentum of the gun and the bullet after the gun is fired will be:
The total momentum of gun and bullet after the gun is fired = M v + m v ….(1)
According to the conservation of momentum law:
The total momentum of gun and bullet after the gun is fired =Total momentum of gun and bullet before the gun is fired
Therefore we get:
M V +mv = 0
or M V = -m v
Hence:
impulse
Above equation gives the velocity V of the gun, the negative sign indicates that the velocity of the gun is opposite to the velocity of the bullet. i .e the gun recoils. Since the mass of the gun is much larger than the bullet, therefore, the recoil is much smaller than the velocity of the bullet.
Example:
A bullet of mass 20 g is fired from a gun with a muzzle velocity of 100 ms-1. The mass of the gun is 5 kg. Then the recoil of the gun will be – 0.4 ms-1. The negative sign indicates that the gun recoils i.e moves in the backward direction opposite to the motion of the bullet with a velocity of 4 ms-1.
Rockets and jet engines also work on the same principle. In these machines, hot gases produced by burning of fuel rush out with large momentum. The machines gain equal and opposite momentum. This enables them to move with very high velocities.