Science Notes - A simple challenge to assist in the understanding of friction
Issue 348 | Page 13 | Published Mar 2013
Description
This demonstration can be used to exemplify several well-known physics concepts. For instance, it can be used to illustrate the idea of transfer of energy from one object to another (the first law of thermodynamics), conservation of momentum and Newton's third law of equal and opposite reaction.
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