Elastic & inelastic collisions
Inelastic Collision Temperature Rise
In a perfectly inelastic collision, two spheres made of the same material with masses 15 kg and 25 kg, moving in opposite directions with speeds of 10 m/s and 30 m/s, respectively, strike each other and stick together. The rise in temperature (in °C), if all the heat produced during the collision is retained by these spheres, is : (specific heat of sphere material is 31 cal/kg. °C and 1 cal = 4.2 J)