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An enzyme that lowers the amount of energy required to break apart sucrose. (This is from my bio instructor, so it is credible!)
The nucleus
In nuclear fission, a very large nucleus such as a uranium nucleus breaks apart into two smaller nuclei, and some energy is released as a result. If you can get a whole lot of heavy nuclei to undergo fission at the same time, the result is an atomic bomb.
On the contrary, the main force in the nucleus keeps particles together. This is called the strong nuclear force, and it keeps similarly charged protons together, overcoming the electrostatic repulsion that would push them apart. If there was a strong force pushing particles apart, elements could not exist except hydrogen! You may possibly be thinking of radioactive decay, for example beta particles being ejected. This is due to a proton losing mass and becoming a neutron, the loss of mass transforming to energy and the balance of charge giving a negative particle.
In the case of a normal hydrogen atom the nucleus is only one proton, there are no neutrons. However, every other atom and molecule (apart from H2) has at least one neutron in the nucleus.
yes, they are further apart near the nucleus
it produces
Nuclear Energy
The energy released in a radioactive decay arises because the nucleus is moving from one energy level to a lower energy one. The link below gives a good outline explanation in the Explanation section.
The source of atomic energy is the "binding energy" that exists in the nucleus of all atoms. This is the energy that is contained in the union of the protons and neutrons of the nucleus. When the nucleus is split apart, the binding energy is released.
No, apart from the destruction of environment/habitat caused by the dams and reservoirs required.
An enzyme that lowers the amount of energy required to break apart sucrose. (This is from my bio instructor, so it is credible!)
The nucleus
The nuclear force is what binds the nucleons, which are protons and neutrons, together in the nucleus of an atom. The binding energy is the amount of energy needed to break the atom apart. The one is a force, and the other is a measurement.
In both cases energy is released through annihilation of mass
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Energy is neither created nor destroyed. It is simply converted from one form to another. In nuclear fission (the splitting of atoms) the nucleus is split into two or more parts. The binding energy that represented the parent nucleus is now split into three or more parts - the binding energy that represents the two new nucleuses - and the residual binding energy that is left over. The residual energy is often represented as heat and radiation.