ocr: Explosive collisions Almost all collisions are inelastic - in other words, the colliding objects lose kinetic energy. 9 POTENTIALI ENERGY INCREASED KINETIC ENERGYT KINETIC ENERGY Afew collisions are elastic, where no kinetic energy is lost. Collisions are even possible where the objects that knock into each other have more kinetic energy after the collision than before. Scientists call a collision like this "superelastic. Ifs impossible to create new energy, so before the collision, one of the objects must contain the extra energy in the form of potential energy. For example, when a dart hits ...
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