HAPPY / SAD BALLS

Demo Number 046
Location Shelf 27
Description Two seemingly identical black spheres. They have the same density, mass, color, and appearance; when dropped to the floor, however, one jumps wildly and the other is motionless.
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Tips
  • Fact sheet on physical and chemical properties, plus experiments for classroom use included.
  • One is formed from a proprietary rubber compound (“sad ball”), the other one is made of conventional neoprene rubber (“happy ball”).

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This Demo is Part of the following Categories: 1R40 Coefficient of Restitution