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Nuclear Fission
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I have a few questions about it. :o
First off, how can you predict the energy given off by it? Since it's released Binding Energy, can you take the total energy in 235U and subtract the total energy of 92Kr and 141Ba?

Could you get a similar result with two objects if they used Gravity and Electromagnetism, instead of the Strong Force and Electromagnetism?

Could you get a similar result with splitting a proton or neutron's quarks and gluons apart? :o
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Hazzy Wrote:I have a few questions about it. :o
First off, how can you predict the energy given off by it? Since it's released Binding Energy, can you take the total energy in 235U and subtract the total energy of 92Kr and 141Ba?

Could you get a similar result with two objects if they used Gravity and Electromagnetism, instead of the Strong Force and Electromagnetism?

Could you get a similar result with splitting a proton or neutron's quarks and gluons apart? :o

I doubt that you could find an accurate value from calculations yet. To the best of my knowledge, most of it is known from experimental data.

As to your second question, no. Gravity is much weaker than the strong Force.

As for your third question, I would say potentially, although we won't know until the technology to actually split them apart is viable.
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So would Gravity release no energy, or just a LOT less?
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Hazzy Wrote:So would Gravity release no energy, or just a LOT less?

A lot less. Gravity is the weakest of all elementary forces.
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