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It is known as potential energy, but it comes in several flavors.
A mass which has room to fall in a gravitational field is gravitic potential energy.
A battery represents chemical potential energy, as do chemicals which can react, such as things that can burn plus oxygen. Thus coal, natural gas, and oil are all chemical potential energy. Any chemicals which can react and release energy represent chemical potential energy.
A life form plus food for that life form is biological potential energy.
Two objects at different temperatures represent thermal potential energy.
Stored electric charge, such as a charged capacitor is electrical potential energy.
A heavy flywheel rotating rapidly is kinetic energy, but it can also be thought of as mechanical potential energy.
A naturally radioactive material such as radium can be thought of as nuclear potential energy as can induced radioactive fission in materials such as Uranium.
Material which can undergo nuclear fusion such as hydrogen, deuterium, tritium, etc., represent nuclear fusion potential energy.
An electromagnetic field represents em potential energy.
Space may represent dark potential energy, which some day we may be able to tap.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoElectric potential is defined as the amount of work done in moving a unit charge from infinity to a point. Its unit is Volt(V).
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Stored energy is know as energy?
Potential energy
The total kinetic and potential energy of the molecules of an object is know as?
The total kinetic and potential energy of the molecules of an object is thermal energy.
What the difference between gravitational potential energy and elastic potential energy?
If you don't know by now pick a different major
What is qualitative relationship between force and potential energy?
Gradient of potential energy gives negative force at that point.
What form of potential energy does a person blowing a vuvuzela have?
chemical potential energy
Stored energy is know as energy?
Potential energy
What are 5 energy conversions in a roller coaster?
I only know of two: 1)potential energy to kinetic energy 2)potential energy to gravitational potential energy
What are the 8 main forms of energy?
Mechanical Energy, Gravitational Potential Energy, Electrical Potential Energy, Elastic Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy, Thermal Energy, Electromagnetic Energy, and Nuclear Energy are the ones that I know.
The total kinetic and potential energy of the molecules of an object is know as?
The total kinetic and potential energy of the molecules of an object is thermal energy.
What are uses of potential energy?
i dont know
An object's energy due to its relative position?
This is called potential energy. The most common form of potential energy is an object suspended above the ground. Its height gives it potential energy, which is defined as mgh, where m is the mass, g is the gravitational constant, and h is the height.
What energy is related to an objects height?
As height increases, so does gravitational potential energy.
What the difference between gravitational potential energy and elastic potential energy?
If you don't know by now pick a different major
Is chemical energy kinetic energy or potential energy?
It is a form of potential energy.
What is qualitative relationship between force and potential energy?
Gradient of potential energy gives negative force at that point.
What form of potential energy does a person blowing a vuvuzela have?
chemical potential energy
What are 5 types of potential energy?
Potential energy is often referred to as energy based on position but this is not totally true, for example electrical energy for instance has a position but it is still not potential but it is kinetic. This is because electrical energy is moving. Potential energy is actually referred to as energy that has the potential to move. For example, a boulder at the tip of a cliff. That boulder has the potential to move and fall off the cliff but it hasn't. Once it has however, its potential energy will be spent up turning the potential energy into kinetic. Types of Potential Energy: Nuclear: The Nucleus of an atom Chemical: Chemical bonds holding atoms together Elastic: A rubber band that is stretched out (I maybe wrong for this to be a type of potential energy)Thermal: Something heating up or cooling down.
