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Internal Energy

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Internal Store of Energy

The energy stored by the particles that make up an object is called the internal energy of the object.

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Internal energy

  • The amount of energy in an object’s internal energy is the sum (total) of the kinetic energy and potential energy stored in the object's particles.
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Internal energy and temperature

  • The temperature of a body (object) is a measure of the energy in the kinetic stores of its particles.
  • Increasing a body’s temperature increases the energy in the kinetic stores of the body’s particles, which means that the energy in the body’s internal store also increases.

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