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Millisecond measurements without equipment: time of collision of a ping-pong ball with a table

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We describe a simple experiment giving the opportunity to estimate the time of collision of a freely falling ping-pong ball and a table. The method is based on the ball… Click to show full abstract

We describe a simple experiment giving the opportunity to estimate the time of collision of a freely falling ping-pong ball and a table. The method is based on the ball deformation measurement and uses just elementary geometry and kinematics.

Keywords: pong ball; ping pong; ball table; time collision

Journal Title: Physics Education
Year Published: 2017

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