Some Definitions
System: that part of the universe whose change we are going
to observe
Surroundings: everything else relevant to the change
INTERNAL ENERGY, E
Each particle in a system has potential and kinetic energy;
the sum of these energies for all particles in a system is
the internal energy, E.
In a chemical reaction: when reactants are converted to
products, E changes (DE).
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