Energy Potential
Burning
Petroleum
- According to the Britannica
Encyclopedia, a combustion reaction is one
that burns organic carbon molecules with the
presence of oxygen. The result is a more
stable carbon compound (carbon dioxide),
water, and heat.
- The Conservation of Energy states that
energy can not be created or destroyed, but
only transferred from once source to
another. In the same way, the large amounts
of heat (energy) does not come out of
nowhere
- Instead, the hydrocarbons have the
potential to create vast amounts of energy
when excited with a startup energy
- Differs from Potential Energy that
is reliant on height and gravity
- The process is due to the valence
electrons that are transferred in the ion
shell of the carbon atoms
- According to the book, Physics For
Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic
Approach, the author, Randall D.
Knight, states that, " Energy can be
transferred between the system and the
environment if they have thermal
interaction. The energy transferred in a
thermal interaction is called heat."
- Heat is not just a hot substance.
Heat is the thermal exchange of energy
between masses
- Hydrocarbons have the potential to
create a thermal interaction exchange
between environment and median
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