Quote Originally Posted by holli4pirating View Post
The quote is talking about the molecular level, and the molecules certainly have kinetic energy regardless of whether or not one would say the alcohol has kinetic energy as a system. There is nothing incorrect about that statement.

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That quote refers to heat energy added to a system being stored as kinetic energy of the particles. Atomic energy, far greater in magnitude, exists in the bonds that hold the atoms together. But heat is not being added, and atoms are not being split. This is a distraction from the valuable information we have seen in this experiment.