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Potential Energy C H A P T E R O U T L I N E 8.1 Potential Energy of a System 8.2 The Isolated System— Conservation of Mechanical 8.3 Conservative and Nonconservative Forces 8.4 Changes in Mechanical Energy for Nonconservative 8.5 Relationship Between Conservative Forces and 8.6 Energy Diagrams and Equilibrium of a System 217 ▲ A strobe photograph of a pole vaulter. During this process, several types of energy transforma- tions occur. The two types of potential energy that we study in this chapter are evident in the Chapter 8 |