This is due to the fact that the forces between nucleons are very strong - much stronger than the forces between atoms in a chemical reaction for example.
breaking a heavy nucleus of an atom gives enormous of heat energy because of nuclear fission.
Nuclear Energy
What is the question
Binding energy and mass are related. (e = mc2) That is an enormous conversion. It only takes a little mass change to effect a release of a LOT of energy.
We often see gamma rays released in nuclear reactions
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The release of excess binding energy.
Nuclear Energy
Uranium-235 react with thermal neutrons in a nuclear reaction called fission. The enormous energy released by the nuclear fission can be transformed in electricity and heat in nuclear reactors.
Through the conversion of mass to energy.
A nuclear bomb or atomic bomb
What is the question
Nuclear Fusion
This nuclear weapon is called an atomic bomb or a nuclear bomb
Binding energy and mass are related. (e = mc2) That is an enormous conversion. It only takes a little mass change to effect a release of a LOT of energy.
We often see gamma rays released in nuclear reactions
The energy released by a nuclear reaction, especially by fission or fusion.
A nuclear reaction involves changes in the nucleus of an atom, and it is from the atomic nucleus that energy is released in a nuclear reaction.