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Name: Conservation of Energy
ID: m42151
Language: English (en)
Summary:
  • Explain the law of the conservation of energy.
  • Describe some of the many forms of energy.
  • Define efficiency of an energy conversion process as the fraction left as useful energy or work, rather than being transformed, for example, into thermal energy.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: chemical energy, efficiency, electrical energy, law of conservation of energy, nuclear energy, radiant energy, thermal energy
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Copyright Holders: Rice University (daniel@openstaxcollege.org)
Maintainers: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org), OSC Physics Maintainer (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Latest version: 1.5 (history)
First publication date: Dec 21, 2011 1:23 pm -0600
Last revision to module: Jul 5, 2012 8:32 pm -0500

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Version: 1.5 Jul 5, 2012 8:32 pm -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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Version: 1.1 Dec 28, 2011 1:18 pm -0600 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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