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| 3.2 Particle disintegration into three fragments |
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When a body disintegrates, it does not necessarily disintegrate into two fragments; it may disintegrate into two, three or countless fragments. The explosion of a firework, for example, implies its disintegration into many fragments. Can the fragments have any direction and speed? Well, almost; the conservation of linear momentum limits the possibilities of, at least, one of them. In the following visual, we see the laws that govern the separation of a body into three fragments, but the conclusions that we will arrive at may be generally valid. |