Does Compressing a Spring Affect Its Energy Release in Acid?

[PhDorBust]

I have two springs. I compress one (it stays compressed) and throw it in acid and measure the energy that comes off, I do the same for the other spring but leave it uncompressed. Which gives off more energy and why?

The answer is obvious but I don't see how the acid eating the springs would notice if they're compressed or not. Moreover, acid eating is a little mysterious to me. Ideas?

 

[gneill]

I have two springs. I compress one (it stays compressed) and throw it in acid and measure the energy that comes off, I do the same for the other spring but leave it uncompressed.

The answer is obvious but I don't see how the acid eating the springs would notice if they're compressed or not. Moreover, acid eating is a little mysterious to me. Ideas?

If the answer is obvious you should not have to post! If the answer is obvious, you should be able to state it.

By the way, what was the question?

 

[PhDorBust]

Um. The reasoning behind an answer is more important than the answer itself..

 

[gneill]

Um. The reasoning behind an answer is more important than the answer itself..

No doubt. So, do you have any thoughts along those lines regarding the two springs?

 

[PhDorBust]

Read original post. You're contributing nothing here.

 

[gneill]

Read original post. You're contributing nothing here.

Sorry, but you've stated that the answer is obvious yet you haven't stated it! Nor have you provided any of your own efforts towards answering it; no relevant equations, and not even any sort of argument about it one way or the other.

We cannot provide help in this forum without first having seen some effort from the querent. Those are the rules. Perhaps a better place to ask an open question that isn't homework would be in one of the general physics forums?

 

[PhDorBust]

Sorry, but you've stated that the answer is obvious yet you haven't stated it! Nor have you provided any of your own efforts towards answering it; no relevant equations, and not even any sort of argument about it one way or the other.

We cannot provide help in this forum without first having seen some effort from the querent. Those are the rules. Perhaps a better place to ask an open question that isn't homework would be in one of the general physics forums?

Thanks, I edited original post. But no point in stating trivial things. Don't be so bureaucratic.

 

[ojs]

Ok, let's begin with a simple question. Does the compressed spring possesses more energy then the uncompressed spring before being put in the acid?
What happens to that energy when in the acid?