What is the difference between enthalpy and internal energy?

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Internal energy is the sum of all the energy in the system, as simple as that. But if we look into enthalpy, it is a state function that tells us how much internal energy is there in the system and how much work would be required to do to expand a gas against a constant pressure. 

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