When inelastic collisions occur, the colliding objects have less kinetic energy after the collision than before the collisionMomentum is always conserved in all types of collisions and explosions but kinetic energy does not have to be conserved as it can be transferred to other forms of energy.
Inelastic Collisions
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Specification: AQA Physics (7407), AS-level, 3.4.1.6 Momentum. Topic: Force and Momentum.
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