Energetics
Energetics is a broad field of study that encompasses a variety of scientific disciplines, including biology, chemistry, and physics. It is concerned with the study of energy under transformation, and has been useful in formulating the laws of thermodynamics and in developing quantum mechanics.
Overview[edit | edit source]
In the field of energetics, energy is often considered as the ability to do work or cause change. This can take various forms, such as kinetic energy, potential energy, thermal energy, chemical energy, electrical energy, elastic energy, nuclear energy, and rest energy. These can be categorized into two main types: potential energy, which is energy due to an object's position, and kinetic energy, which is energy due to an object's motion.
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Energetics has applications in a variety of fields. In biology, it is used to understand how organisms obtain energy, use it to perform work, and convert it to heat and waste products. In chemistry, it is used to understand how chemical reactions occur, how energy is transferred during these reactions, and how the structure of molecules affects their energy. In physics, it is used to understand how energy is transferred between objects and how it can be converted from one form to another.
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