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Re: Momentum Demo



At 9:15 AM -0700 1/31/01, SSHS KPHOX, you wrote about Re: Momentum Demo:


PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu writes:
>Exploding two pop cans (I call the demo soda pop!) with a firecracker is
>quite entertaining!

Safety considerations would make me avoid this.

A 'LadyFinger' is quite adequate, behind a blast shield of course.

back in the mid '80's or so, you could select either Al or steel cans
for interesting comparisons.

One aluminum + one steel let you measure the different ranges and
work back to the mass ratio.

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