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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