What is interatomic potential energy?
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The potential energy of a system is the energy which was spent to constitute the system from bringing its constituents closer\nto each other against the forces among them and this energy is stored in the syetem. The same way the interatomic energy is \nthe enrgy which was spent to bring the atoms closer against the vanderwaal forces.
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Potential Energy: Energy due to position.\nKinetic Energy: Energy due to motion.\n\n======================================================\nAs the ball moves up it gains potential energy and loses kinetic energy. It the maximum height, it has all potential energy and no kinetic energy. As it moves down, it loses potental energy and gains kinetic energy. When it hits the floor it's velocity (ideally) remains the same in magnitude but reverses in direction. It starts moving up again.....\n\nWork is the process of conversion of energy from one for to the other. So, work is being done as the ball bounces up and down.
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(The total energy) = (kinetic energy) +(potential energy)\n\nAt the start, most of the energy is potential energy. \n\nAs you slide down, then the potential energy decreases and the kinetic energy increases. \n\nThere is some energy dissipated by friction, that turns into heat. But without friction, the total energy at the bottom of the slide is the same as it was at the top of the slide.
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In all molecules, there is a type of chemical energy called "enthalpy", it is the energy stored in bonds.  Think of it this way, all particles want to be free and in motion, in complete disorder, thats the "entropic" nature of the universe.  So, it takes energy to make particles stick together (forming compounds and molecules).  This energy is stored in bonds, and when the bonds are broken, the energy is released.  Our cells have the ability to break these bonds, and utilize this energy.\n\nThink of it this way, glucose is C6H12O6.  Our cells can break down all of the bonds in glucose until we form a few CO2 and water molecules.  Thats how we get our energy.
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The first answer is correct.  Energy.  Energy is defined as force applied through a distance.  This specific type of energy is known as kinetic energy (energy of motion).  Energy is measured in joules, or J.  E = F x D, so if you applied 50 Newtons and the object moved 1 metre, you would have expended 50 joules.
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As far as I know, when a ball is THROWN then it is moving, and therefore it has KINETIC ENERGY - due to the motion. Potential energy is the energy objects possess because of their position. Hence, the objects that are on highest ground level have the most potential energy. If the rule of potential energy applies to your case with the throwing of the ball, then the potential energy will be the highest on the tip of the parabola.
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Ionization potential is defined as the energy require to turn a neutral atom into an ion. Usually, this refers to the first ionization energy, i.e., the energy to remove the 1st electron in an atom. Using the same idea, the 2nd ionization energy, for example, refers to the energy that is required to remove the 2nd electon after the removal of the first electron.\n\nIn this case, you are likely to refer to the first ionization potential of group 1 metal, so let's just focus on this. Group 1 metals (Li, Na, etc.) all have 1 valence electron. To turn to the most stable form, these metals have to lose that only one electron to form a 1+ ion, which has the same electron configuration as a noble gas. As you go down the periodic table, more electron shells are added to the elements, i.e., the atomic radius increases. As you may know, the negative electrons are attracted to the positive protons in the core. As the size of the atom gets bigger, it is harder for the core to experience the outermost electron (this is due to shielding effect by the inner shells), and thus the attraction between the inner core and the outermost electrons are weaker for bigger elements. As a result, it is easier to lose the valence electrons for the bigger elements than the smaller elements (provided that they all have the same valence electrons). Therefore, you should expect K to be more reactive than Li, for example.
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thermodynamic factors as well as the orientation and relative energies of the pi molecular orbitals involved.
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Potential energy is the sum total of all the energy that CAN BE derived.  Think of it as stored energy waiting to be released.\n\nKinetic energy is the total energy being derived at some instant in time. Unlike potential energy, kinetic energy is determined by mass AND velocity.
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Basically energy derived from steam or heat escaping from deep underground.  Kinda like harnessing "Old Faithful".\nHTH
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Well, if you get something with the second to lowest potential energy in the world, that energy can go to the lowest potential energy thing in the world and that's it.  Otherthan that, no.  And there's nothing inherent in the material, unless you're talking about chemical reactions, in which case, I just don't know what those two things are.  I hope that's clear.
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The change of energy  between energy levels.\n\nEnergy of electron in it's higher state  - energy of electron in it's lower state = h*f\n\nI forgot how to calculate the electron's energy at a specific energy state, but it should be easy to find.
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Interstitual would be a combination of metallic and non-metallic alloy (atoms)---substitutional would be a combination of two metallic alloys (atoms)
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Definitions of potential energy on the Web:\n\n    * The energy stored in a raised object (eg the weights in a grandfather clock). Potential energy equals mgh, where m is mass, g is the acceleration of gravity, and h is the vertical distance from a reference location. It is called potential energy because the energy can be regained when the object is lowered. This type of potential energy is sometimes called gravitational potential energy in order to distinguish it from elastic potential energy: see elastic energy.\n      http://urban.arch.virginia.edu/~km6e/references/glossary/struc-glossary.html\n\n    * energy stored in an object due to its position\n      http://whyfiles.larc.nasa.gov/text/kids/Problem_Board/problems/pulleys/glossary.html\n\n    * The energy which a body possesses as a consequence of it's position in the field of gravity, the work required to bring the body up against gravity from a standard level.\n      http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/oakfield/keyterms.htm\n\n    * Energy related to the position or height above a place to which fluid could possibly flow.\n      http://www.flw.com/define_p.htm\n\n    * The energy that matter has because of its position or because of the arrangement of atoms or parts.\n      http://www.nmlites.org/standards/science/glossary_4.htm\n\n    * Potential energy is the energy possessed by an object because of its height above the ground. The amount of potential energy possessed by an object depends on its mass and its height. A roller coaster car is initially hauled by a motor and chain system to the top of a tall hill, giving it a large quantity of potential energy.\n      http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/glossary.html
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The force between two atoms depends on the distance between them. If they are far away from each other they don't feel each other so the force between them is 0 and typically one defines the potential energy to be 0 when the atoms are infinitely far away from each other. If you move the atoms closer together there will be an attractive electromagnetic force between them (the so-called van der Waals force) meaning that the potential energy decreases. At even shorter distances the force becomes stronger, because the electrons in one atom begin to feel the attractive potential of  the positively charged nucleus of the other atom. At some point the energy reaches a minimum. If you try to move the atoms closer together they will repel each other and the potential energy increases towards plus infinity meaning that it is impossible to put the atoms on top of each other (because of Paulis exclusion principle if you have heard of that. Roughly speaking it states that electrons are not allowed to overlap each other in space). So to summarize the interatomic potential goes from 0 at large distances through a negative minimum towards infinity at small distances (the simplest and most commonly used model potential for interatomic interactions is the Lennart Jones potential which is Ar^-12-Br^-6 where A and B are positive constants which are different for different atoms and r is the distance between the two atoms. Try to play around with such a function if you want to get a feeling for it).\n\nMolecular bound states can be formed where the potential is negative. The ground state (lowest potential energy) will have an energy close to the minimum and the most loosely bound states will have a potential energy close to zero meaning that the atoms in such a molecule will mostly feel the van der Waals part of the potential which governs the region where the atoms are far away from each other - that's the long-range part of the interatomic potential.\n\nHope that helps...
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Enthalpy is loosely defined as the total available work potential- The heat energy (an equivalent energy converted to heat) plus the volume times the pressure.
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The potential energy stays the same.