What is Chemical potential?
[[File:Cylinder engine (PSF).png|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Gasoline is burned in an [[engine]] to convert it to mechanical energy}}]] '''Chemical Potential [[Energy]]''' is the energy stored up in [[substance]]s due to their [[chemical bond]]s. It is energy that is stored in [[Chemical substance|chemicals]]. One [[example]] of how this plays a part in real life is through [[plant]]s. The plants make energy with chemical [[potential energy]] by the process of [[photosynthesis]]. Other [[organism]]s eat the plants to get energy and so on. Energy is passed from one organism to another. This is how chemical potential energy works in the [[environment]]. Another common example is the energy stored in [[gasoline]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://burnanenergyjournal.com/forms-of-energy-motion-heat-light-sound-2/|title=Forms of Energy: Motion, Heat, Light, Sound|publisher=BURN: An Energy Journal/SoundVision|access-date=25 September 2015|archive-date=19 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919020238/http://burnanenergyjournal.com/forms-of-energy-motion-heat-light-sound-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> When the [[car]] is turned on, the chemical energy in the gas is converted into [[mechanical energy]] to move the car.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.explainthatstuff.com/conservation-of-energy.html|title=The conservation of energy|author=Chris Woodford |date=12 December 2014 |publisher=ExplainThatStuff |access-date=25 September 2015}}</ref> The law of [[conservation of energy]] says energy cannot be created or destroyed.<ref name=CACS>{{cite web |url=http://fc.codmanacademy.org/branches/physicsofdriving1/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=6&MMN_position=6:6 |title=The Physics of Driving |publisher=Codman Academy Charter School |access-date=25 September 2015 |archive-date=4 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004032841/http://fc.codmanacademy.org/branches/physicsofdriving1/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=6&MMN_position=6:6 |url-status=dea