Components of Blood. NOTE: This is the Consumer Version. Plasma. Plasma is the liquid component of blood, in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended. It constitutes more than half of the blood's volume and consists mostly of water that contains dissolved salts (electrolytes) and proteins. The major protein in plasma is albumin.
It is released in a chemical reaction, often producing heat as a by product (exothermic reaction) . Batteries, biomass, petroleum, natural gas, and coal are examples of stored chemical energy. Usually, once chemical energy is released from a substance, that substance is transformed into an entirely new substance.
1 In the strictest definition, chemical energy is the energy involved in the bond formed between two atoms. 2  Each bond within a chemical compounds involves different amounts of energy. 3  When one of these bonds breaks, a chemical reaction occurs and chemical energy is used.