Is Explosion a Inelastic Collision

An explosion is a special type of collision. It is a perfectly inelastic collision that seemingly happens in reverse. Before the ‘collision’, all objects are stuck together. After the ‘collision’, all objects are moving apart from one another.

What is considered inelastic collision?

An inelastic collision is a collision in which there is a loss of kinetic energy. While momentum of the system is conserved in an inelastic collision, kinetic energy is not. This is because some kinetic energy had been transferred to something else.

What is an example of a completely inelastic collision?

Another common example of a perfectly inelastic collision is known as the “ballistic pendulum,” where you suspend an object such as a wooden block from a rope to be a target.