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A diagram of thermal energy at the intermolecular scale, originally made by myncknm for the Thermal Energy article.

1. Particles (atoms or molecules) are moving towards each other. This is kinetic energy.

2. The particles are close to each other and their kinetic energy has been converted into the potential energy of electromagnetic repulsion between the elections of the atoms.

3. The particles have accelerated away from each other and their energy is again kinetic.

I don't claim that this is a good or effective diagram. If you can improve it, please do. I suppose it gets the message across well enough though.

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current	01:54, 24 May 2006	270×335 (5 KB)	Myncknm (Talk \| contribs)	(A diagram of thermal energy at the intermolecular scale, orginally made by myncknm for the Thermal Energy article. 1. Particles (atoms or molecules) are moving towards each other. This is kinetic energy. 2. The particles are close to)