How is chemical energy transformed into potential energy in a toaster?
To answer you question literally, put the toaster in the barrel of a cannon and fire it into the air. Toasters do not transform chemical energy into potential energy, they transform electrical energy into thermal energy using a resistor. The electricity, instead of flowing freely through, smashes into some of the molecules in the resistor, becoming heat, which is a measure of partial vibration. The power plant transforms chemical energy into electrical energy by producing steam to drive a turbine which passes a conductor through an electrical field, inducing an electrical current. electrical energy is an electrical potential between two points as a current passes between them.
