A hockey puck is designed to retain ninety percent of its energy after a collision
Engineered with vulcanized rubber and specialized geometry, the modern hockey puck is a physics marvel capable of retaining ninety percent of its kinetic energy after a high-speed collision.
Modern hockey pucks are manufactured from vulcanized rubber that can withstand impacts at minus five degrees Celsius without shattering. Thanks to a design refined by Art Ross in 1940, these pucks lose less than five percent of their rebound energy upon impact. This allows them to retain ninety percent of their kinetic energy post-collision, far surpassing tennis balls which typically dissipate half of their energy.
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