Are you referring to the fact that water is a compound while hydrogen is an element? If I'm wrong just comment and clarify and I can edit it, I don't even know what kind of unit you're in. :)
Elastic potential energy stored in a spring is
(1/2) · (spring constant) · (stretch or compress)² .
PE = (1/2) · (100 N/m) · (0.1 m)²
PE = (50 N/m) · (0.01 m²)
PE = (50 · 0.01) (N · m / m²)
PE = 0.5 N · m
PE = 0.5 Joule
“Charged objects have an imbalance of charge - either more negative electrons than positive protons or vice versa. And neutral objects have a balance of charge - equal numbers of protons and electrons. The principle stated earlier for atoms can be applied to objects. Objects with more electrons than protons are charged negatively; objects with fewer electrons than protons are charged positively.
In this discussion of electrically charged versus electrically neutral objects, the neutron has been neglected. Neutrons, being electrically neutral play no role in this unit. Their presence (or absence) will have no direct bearing upon whether an object is charged or uncharged. Their role in the atom is merely to provide stability to the nucleus.”
Hope this helps a bit.
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