Friction
Electrical energy is converted into thermal and kinetic energy.
kinetic energy can be converted into other forms of energy... And vise vers.For example, kinetic energy can be converted into electrical energy by a generator or into thermal energy by the brakes on a car.
Electrical Energy
Hold a rock in the air ... it has potential energy. Drop it ... the potential energy will be converted into kinetic energy. It hits the ground and stop ... the kinetic energy will be converted into thermal energy. Note that the total energy in each case is the same.
Until converted, it is potential energy. However, to make nuclear energy domestically useful it is converted into thermal (thermodynamic) energy (heat), which, in turn, is converted into electrical energy, both of which are kinetic energy.
Friction
Chemical energy is being converted to thermal energy which is then converted to mechanical energy and finally to kinetic energy which moves the car. Kinetic energy is then converted to thermal energy in the brakes to stop the car.
Electrical energy is converted into thermal and kinetic energy.
kinetic energy can be converted into other forms of energy... And vise vers.For example, kinetic energy can be converted into electrical energy by a generator or into thermal energy by the brakes on a car.
Kinetic energy, which is quickly converted to thermal energy
Electrical Energy
Various kinds of energy may be converted into thermal energy.In a fire it is chemical energy that is converted to thermal energy.However:In a nuclear reactor, nuclear energy is first converted to thermal energy, and eventually to electrical energy.In a fire chemical energy is also converted to light energy.In a battery chemical energy is converted to electrical energy.In braking systems kinetic energy is converted to thermal energy.
Hold a rock in the air ... it has potential energy. Drop it ... the potential energy will be converted into kinetic energy. It hits the ground and stop ... the kinetic energy will be converted into thermal energy. Note that the total energy in each case is the same.
Until converted, it is potential energy. However, to make nuclear energy domestically useful it is converted into thermal (thermodynamic) energy (heat), which, in turn, is converted into electrical energy, both of which are kinetic energy.
Kinetic energy is converted into thermal energy through friction. When a moving object is stopped by some sort of friction, the decrease in the object's kinetic energy is converted into equal amounts of thermal energy. Considering the Law of Conservation of Energy states that the energy in a closed system remains constant, it is impossible that the kinetic energy of an object could be lost altogether, so rather it is simply transformed into a different type of energy, thermal energy.
It converts electrical energy into kinetic energy (and some thermal energy).
It's converted to heat energy.