Author Topic: where does used up energy go as a phone dies? (Read 1442 times)

hillkill · December 09, 2016, 09:43:19 PM

this is probably an easy answer, but i can't sleep because i need to know the answer. what is the energy converted/transferred to if a phone dies? it can't just dissipate, says the first law of thermodynamics.

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Zack · December 09, 2016, 09:44:50 PM

total shot in the dark, but isn't it just lost as heat energy?

MoltenKitten · December 09, 2016, 09:45:04 PM

Doesn't it turn into heat and then escape through cracks?

SubDaWoofer · December 09, 2016, 09:45:49 PM

same question as 'why do batteries run out of power'

hillkill · December 09, 2016, 09:46:24 PM

stuff i didn't think about heat

Georges · December 09, 2016, 09:48:28 PM

Heat and light in the screen.

Maxwell. · December 09, 2016, 09:50:48 PM

heat energy and light energy, any electrical cell will lose its energy through heat anyway

Insert Name Here� · December 09, 2016, 09:52:16 PM

Quote from: Maxwell. on December 09, 2016, 09:50:48 PM

heat energy and light energy, any electrical cell will lose its energy through heat anyway

The Resonte! · December 09, 2016, 09:52:25 PM

yeah batteries naturally lose energy when left out too long an as such it will probably do the same thing in technology

SteveJenkins · December 09, 2016, 09:58:45 PM

Quote from: Insert Name Here� on December 09, 2016, 09:52:16 PM

can you not do this. I can understand if you're quoting for page loss but quoting someone's post without changing anything right after they've posted it looks really bloody irritating

log · December 09, 2016, 10:01:06 PM

potential chemical energy is converted to heat, electromagnetic, or sometimes sound energy

Rally · December 09, 2016, 10:04:22 PM

Quote from: hillkill on December 09, 2016, 09:43:19 PM

this is probably an easy answer, but i can't sleep because i need to know the answer. what is the energy converted/transferred to if a phone dies? it can't just dissipate, says the first law of thermodynamics.

apple steals the energy out of your phone to force you to buy charger cables

light for the screen, sound for the speakers, generation of electromagnetic waves for communication. you can probably feel your phone heat up after a while as well

beachbum111111 · December 09, 2016, 10:05:38 PM

something something battery acid

Magus · December 09, 2016, 10:06:09 PM

Sometimes the energy is used up too fast via a method called "explosion".

Willymcmilly · December 09, 2016, 10:12:50 PM

i't turn into magic a nd i eat it;