Elasticity: Balls bouncing on steel or glass cylinder.

1R40.10 • C+90+0

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Elasticity: Balls bouncing on steel or glass cylinder. Various balls can be dropped on either a thick glass plate, or on a flat-topped heavy steel cylinder. Balls with different coefficients of elasticity bounce to different heights. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

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