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Take one clock spring and wind it up, thereby storing potential energy in the spring.

Drop the spring into a bath of acid that will dissolve the metal of the spring.

Where does the stored energy go

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Northwest · M

Where does the stored energy go

Into the acid bath. This is an Exothermic process, which will produce ripples into the acid bath, so you're not going to notice the additional ripples produced by the energy released by the wound up spring.