chemical energy
Fuel's stored potential
Chemical energy is potential energy stored in molecular bonds, released or absorbed when substances react.
Burning fuel releases chemical energy as heat.
Batteries store chemical energy and convert it to electrical energy.
Food contains chemical energy that organisms metabolize: The chemical energy in glucose powers cellular processes.
- bondsTies that unite
- photosynthesisLight-to-sugar conversion in plants
- sugar rushEnergy spike from sweets
- fuel cellsElectrochemical power generators
- fossil fuelsCombustible prehistoric organic deposits
exothermic · ATP · cellular respiration · metabolic rate · redox reactions · calorimetry · reactions · stored · combustion · oxidation · joules · gasoline · rocket fuel · fermentation · battery · burning · explosion · power plant
- energyelectricity, power, oil, fuel, gas
- power sourcessolar power, electricity, wind power, steam, hydro power
- stored energybattery charge, gasoline, dynamite, glucose, natural gas
- plant energyglucose, ATP
- thermodynamicsentropy, enthalpy, heat transfer, heat capacity, second law
- energy systemspower plant, electricity, power grid, generators, solar power
chemical energykinetic energy
Power from movement
mechanical energy · thermal energy · heat energy · nuclear energy · motion
chemical energynuclear energy
Power from splitting atoms
atomic energy · kinetic energy · thermal energy · solar energy · geothermal energy
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