Hartranft+Lab+11

Hartranft Lab 11

A ballistic pendulum is a device used to measure a bullets momentum by using a pedulum. For calculations, the acceleration due to gravity and the height of the pendulum are necessary and the theory of the conservation of momentum is used.

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The change in height can be used to find velocity using the theory of conservation of momentum, since momentum is conserved.

The pendulum was just hit by a bullet. V is calculated in this way.



As can be seen from this picture, physics can be fun!