CHEM 1127Q Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Thermal Energy, Kinetic Energy, Ammonium Nitrate

• School: UConn
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 1127Q
• Professor: Dr. Niluka Wasalathanthri

Document Summary

The energy changes that accompany chemical reactions and physical changes are important to our everyday lives. The reactions involved in the metabolism of food. The reactions involved in generation of electricity. The reactions involved in the powering of our automobiles. Energy is the capacity to supply heat or do work. All forms of energy are either kinetic or potential. The energy possessed by an object by virtue of its position, composition, or condition (ex: chemical, mechanical, gravitational, nuclear energy, etc. ) One important form of potential energy of interest to chemists is chemical energy, which is the energy stored within the structural units or chemical bonds in the substance. The energy that an object possesses because of its motion (ex: electrical, heat or thermal, light, and sound, etc. ) One form of particular interest is thermal energy, which is the energy associated with the random motion of atoms and molecules.