For each of the following processes, does the potential energy of the object(s) increase or decrease? (a)
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For each of the following processes, does the potential energy of the object(s) increase or decrease?
(a) The distance between two oppositely charged particles is increased.
(b) Water is pumped from ground level to the reservoir of a water tower 30 m above the ground.
(c) The bond in a chlorine molecule, Cl2, is broken to form two chlorine atoms.
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Chemistry The Central Science
ISBN: 978-0134414232
14th Edition
Authors: Theodore Brown, H. LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew Stoltzfus
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