Types of Energy

Type of energy	Description
Kinetic	(≥0), that of the motion of a body
Potential	that stored by an object's position in a force field (comprises many of the forms below)
Mechanical	the sum of (usually macroscopic) kinetic and potential energies
Electric	that from electric fields
Magnetic	that from magnetic fields
Gravitational	that from gravitational fields
Chemical	that of chemical bonds (and chemical reactions)
Ionization	that of binding an electron to its atom or molecule
Nuclear	that of binding nucleons to form the atomic nucleus (and nuclear reactions)
Chromodynamic	that of binding quarks to form hadrons
Elastic	that of deformation of a material (or its container) exhibiting a restorative force
Mechanical wave	(≥0), that propagated by a deformational wave through an elastic material
Sound wave	(≥0), that propagated by a sound wave, a form of mechanical wave
Radiant	(≥0), that propagated by electromagnetic radiation, including light
Rest	(≥0) that equivalent to an object's rest mass
Thermal	a microscopic, disordered equivalent of mechanical energy