Online Calculator for Potential Energy

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 What is potential energy?

Potential energy is energy that is stored – or conserved - in an object or substance. This stored energy is based on the position, arrangement or state of the object or substance.

You can think of it as energy that has the 'potential' to do work. When the position, arrangement or state of the object changes, the stored energy will be released.

For example, it requires energy to compress a spring – but what happens to that energy once the spring has been compressed? After all, we know that energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be converted from one form to another.

Well, in the case of our spring, the kinetic energy used to compress the spring has been converted to potential energy. When we release the spring, the stored potential energy will be converted back into kinetic energy.


What are the different types of potential energy?

There are two main types of potential energy:

Gravitational potential energy

Elastic potential energy

 

Gravitational potential energy

Gravitational potential energy is energy in an object that is held in a vertical position, due to the force of gravity working to pull it down.

The amount of gravitational potential energy an object has depends on its height and mass. The heavier the object and the higher it is above the ground, the more gravitational potential energy it holds.

Gravitational potential energy increases as weight and height increases.

 

Potential energy is energy that is stored in an object or substance.

Gravitational potential energy is energy in an object that is held in a vertical position.

Elastic potential energy is energy stored in objects that can be stretched or compressed.

 

Elastic potential energy

Elastic potential energy is energy stored in objects that can be stretched or compressed, such as trampolines, rubber bands and bungee cords. The more an object can stretch, the more elastic potential energy it has.

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