What is conserved in a ballistic pendulum?

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What is conserved in a ballistic pendulum?

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While not all of the energy from the bullet is transformed into kinetic energy for the pendulum (some is used as heat and deformation energy) , the momentum of the system is conserved.

TJF answered Jun 16, 2024

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