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Can someone help me with this: Once kinetic energy is used to break a bond can we ever get that kinetic energy back? Or does it disappear forever?
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Can someone help me with this:

Once kinetic energy is used to break a bond can we ever get that kinetic energy back? Or does it disappear forever?

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It does NOT disappear. Energy cannot be gained or destroyed, according to the Law of the Conservation of Energy. So, yes, we do get that energy back.

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