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Title: "Fossil fuels can be used to convert chemical energy into electrical energy in a power plant"?
Post by: bugaian on Feb 13, 2013
is that sentence correct.
Is it chemical energy or another type of energy?


Title: "Fossil fuels can be used to convert chemical energy into electrical energy in a power plant"?
Post by: ilkat on Feb 13, 2013
Yes.  Oil fired and coal fired plants work on that basis.  Chemical energy is really a misnomer, it is the "bond" energy present in chemical compounds that is being used.