What things are chemical energy?

Answer 1

Chemical energy is produced through reactions that occur in chemical compounds. A chemical compound is a simple collection of many atoms that are bound to each other. As the bonds between these atoms loosens or breaks, a chemical reaction will occur, and new compounds are created. When the bonds break or loosen, oxidation occurs almost instantly.

Answer 2

It's complicated.

Essentially, some chemical reactions are endothermic (meaning they store energy) or exothermic (meaning they release energy).


In order to store or release energy, energy needs to be put in to the starting chemical (called the reactants) in order to break the bonds.

Once the bonds are broken, in the case of releasing energy, the bonds can then be recombined in a different way and bonded again (the new substance formed is called the products). When bonds form, energy is released.

Energy breaks bonds.
Forming bonds releases energy.

Now, each specific reaction requires a specific amount of energy to begin with. This specific amount of energy is called Activation energy. It's a relatively large amount of energy, it's like a steep hill the energy has to get across. For example, if you throw a ball at a wall, but don't but enough force in it to go over, it won't stay in the air and it won't go over; it will come back down and you have to do it again with more energy.

However, there are things called catalysts which can lower the amount of energy it takes to activate something. It doesn't give you more energy, it simply lowers the amount of energy it takes to cause a reaction. Using the same example as before, it would be as if the top of the wall got knocked down and you only had to put a little bit of effort to get it over. Catalysts are the cause of a lot of reactions and make them happen faster.

Sometimes, people want chemical reactions with a high activation energy. Sometimes, this is not a good idea. For example- food preservatives have a high activation energy so that food is preserved for longer.

For more specific information about an energy curve, try searching for 'chemical reaction graph' or 'activation energy graph' on Google images.

Answer 3

There are a several things in the world that has chemical energy. Some things are matchsticks, gas, and candles.

Answer 4

energy that is stored in chemical bonds;Chemical energy is a form of potential energy and it is possessed by things such as food, fuels and batteries.

Answer 5

A battery and the human metabolic system are examples of uses of chemical energy but there are way too many uses to list here!

Answer 6

The law of conservation of mass or matter states that chemical energy cannot be created or destroyed

Answer 7

The energy involved in chemical bonds - a type of potential energy.

Answer 8

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