Timeline for Does greater kinetic energy increase speed at an atomic level?
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| Jun 7 at 3:20 | history | edited | mike1994 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 6 at 22:09 | comment | added | mike1994 | The air molecules inside the ball and the inner surface were already experiencing collisions before you dropped it, so change my example to one where the giant cube of balls on springs already have a little bit of vibration- but gravity accelerates every piece down the same, so there is still no increase in the vibration until collision with the floor. Heating will only occur if the acceleration of the outer basketball shell and inner gas parcel are different, as in a collision or if you started shaking the ball. | |
| Jun 6 at 22:03 | comment | added | user386598 | Thanks for the help! However, would the air inside the ball and its surface experience collisions with each other and cause the molecules to vibrate as a result? | |
| Jun 6 at 20:40 | history | answered | mike1994 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |