What makes some collisions elastic and others inelastic

Chemistry

2 answers:

rosijanka [135]3 years ago

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Elastic-no loss of kinetic energy
inelastic-kinetic energy is changed to another kind of energy

goblinko [34]3 years ago

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If there is no loss of kinetic energy in the collision, it is elastic.

this is the correct answer because i took the test and got it wrong and it said this was the right answer

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