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 ==== What is potential energy? ====
-Potential energy is energy associated with pairs of objects that interact with each other within a system. Because potential energy exists between pairs of objects, no single object can have potential energy, it is a multi-particle system that has potential energy. It's referred to as potential energy because it can be converted to other forms of energy. Common examples of systems with potential energy include stretched/compressed springs, galaxies of stars interacting gravitationally, atoms in which protons and electrons interact electrically, and TNT.
+__**Potential energy (J)**__ is energy associated with pairs of objects that interact with each other within a system. Because potential energy exists between pairs of objects, no single object can have potential energy, it is a multi-particle system that has potential energy. It's referred to as potential energy because it can be converted to other forms of energy. Common examples of systems with potential energy include stretched/compressed springs, galaxies of stars interacting gravitationally, atoms in which protons and electrons interact electrically, and TNT.
 ==== Formal definition of Potential Energy ====