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Spring Potential Energy

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Spring Potential Energy

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Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Say a dissolvable spring is compressed with a bolt and nut that do not melt in a sulfuric acid solution. The spring has quite a bit of potential energy at this point since it is compressed. Assuming the spring dissolves perfectly (no breakage, just complete disintegration), what happens to the potential energy of the spring?

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I’m just trying to visualize this, it’d be similar when you break something in half and a tiny piece goes flying

Yes Ik very different concepts but I’m just trying to make visual brain happy here
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  Yeah, kinda like breaking a handful of dry spaghetti (sorry Italians).

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