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When fuels are burnt what happens to the chemical potential energy?
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∙ 8y ago
When fuels are burnt, the chemical potential energy in the fuels is converted into heat and light energy.
Initially, such energy will be converted to heat. In a fire, part of that will be radiated away as infrared radiation or light; it is also common that the heat will increase the pressure and make things expand - which is what happens in a gasoline or diesel engine.
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What happens to coal when it goes to the power staion?
Its burnt into energy. Because coal is a fossil fuel.
How do we turn hydrogen into energy we can use?
Hydrogen can be burnt with oxygen and the formation of the chemical bonds between the atoms releases energy as heat. Free hydrogen is normally manufactured by electrolysis from water, and this requires energy to separate the hydrogen-oxygen bonds, and it is this energy that is released when the chemical bonds are re-formed by combustion.
What is the process of converting the chemical energy in fossil fuels to electrical energy?
A simple answer is that fossil fuels are burnt. The heat is used to produce steam which drives mechanical turbines and dynamos, which then produce electricity.
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What happens after coal is burnt?
it melts
What are examples of chemical potential energy?
Food and fuel. When burnt, they can be converted to other forms of energy.
What energy takes place when a car's engine burns gasoline?
It goes from potential(before being burnt) to chemical(being burnt), to mechanical, with the pressure pushing the piston down.
What happens to most of the potential energy from the fuel in internal combustion engines?
un burnt fuel is lost out the tail-pipe.
When fuels are burnt the chemical energy changes to what?
When fuels are burnt first of all chemical energy changes to heat energy and sometimes to light energy as well. then we convert the heat energy into other usable forms of energy. For example, coal is burnt in thermal power stations to produce heat which is then converted to electricity. Vehicles convert chemical energy of fuels to heat and then use this heat to do mechanical work. The process of conversion is complex in both cases.
What are the energy transformations that occur in a candle?
In a light bulb, electrical energy is transformed into light energy and heat energy.
Which forms of energy is released when wood is burned?
Chemical potential energy is released as heat, light, and sound when wood is burnt.
What makes the energy in fossil fuel?
the chemical which are present in these when burnt release energy
What is useful energy transfer when coal is burnt?
Chemical energy is transferred to electrical energy! :) :p
What turns into energy after you eat it?
The chemical energy of food provides energy to us. When food is burnt, energy is released.
What is the useful energy transfer when coal is burnt?
Chemical energy is transferred to electrical energy! :) :p
What energy is transfered when wood is burnt?
The chemical energy in the wood that allows it to burn is transferred to heat, light, and sound energy.
In what processes are energy released?
condensation A+ : )
