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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |As the '''spring''' extends from [[equilibrium]], [[energy]] is [[Energy Transfer|transferred]] from the [[Kinetic Energy Store|kinetic energy store]] to the [[Elastic Potential Energy Store|elastic potential energy store]].
 
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |As the '''spring''' extends from [[equilibrium]], [[energy]] is [[Energy Transfer|transferred]] from the [[Kinetic Energy Store|kinetic energy store]] to the [[Elastic Potential Energy Store|elastic potential energy store]].

Revision as of 13:12, 12 October 2018

Key Stage 3

Meaning

A Coil Spring is a metal wire bent into a spiral shape.

About Coil Springs

Energy Transfers

SpringEquilibriumExtension.png
SpringExtensionEquilibrium.png
As the spring extends from equilibrium, energy is transferred from the kinetic energy store to the elastic potential energy store. As the spring returns from stretched to equilibrium, energy is transferred from the elastic potential energy store to the kinetic energy store.
SpringEquilibriumCompression.png
SpringCompressionEquilibrium.png
As the spring is compressed from equilibrium, energy is transferred from the kinetic energy store to the gravitational potential energy store. As the spring returns from compressed to equilibrium, energy is transferred from the gravitational potential energy store to the kinetic energy store.