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As usual these get inter-twined. Nuclear energy originates from the nucleus, when U235 fissions or splits, energy is released because the resulting products have lost mass, and energy = mass x c2. This energy appears as kinetic energy of the fission fragments, and to a smaller extent as a gamma ray. The fission fragments recoil and their kinetic energy is lost and appears as thermal energy in the uranium fuel. The gamma is also absorbed in the reactor.
So it is basically a potential energy, but you can regard all mass as a potential energy through E = mc2.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt is potential energy, since it is work done against a force - the nuclear force mainly.
It is potential energy, since it is work done against a force - the nuclear force mainly.
It is potential energy, since it is work done against a force - the nuclear force mainly.
It is potential energy, since it is work done against a force - the nuclear force mainly.
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∙ 15y agoTechnicly, it should be kinetic energy, right? The way that it happens is that the particules are moving and hitting each other.
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∙ 12y agoMagnetic energy is its own type of energy.
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∙ 14y agoIt is potential energy, since it is work done against a force - the nuclear force mainly.
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What type of energy do things contain?
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What type of energy is a piece of celery have potential or kinetic?
Potential Energy
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Kinetic and potential energy are types of mechanical energy.
Is Motion energy a type of kinetic or potential energy?
kinetic
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Kinetic and potential energy are a type of energy, not a measurement of distance.
Is a chemical energy a type of potential or kinetic energy?
Chemical energy is a type of potential energy.
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What type of energy is light kinetic or potential?
Kinetic
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What type of energy is a piece of celery have potential or kinetic?
Potential Energy
Which type of energy is total kinetic and potential energy particles in an object?
Mechanical energy is the sum of kinetic and potential energy.
What type of energy does a piano have?
Potential and Kinetic energy.
Is gravitational energy kinetic?
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