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Wouldn't a fair amount of the thermal energy be hanging out in the bonds themselves? The stress in the system has to count for something. I'm imagining a bunch

by aeonik 3y ago

Wouldn't a fair amount of the thermal energy be hanging out in the bonds themselves? The stress in the system has to count for something. I'm imagining a bunch of potential energy being stored in the fields at any given moment.

ivalm 3y ago
Absolutely, but that’s not heat. Things like heat produced from burning wood is an example of potential energy of binds getting released as kinetic energy + photons.