Physics and Our Universe: How It All Works

Energy From the Nucleus (1x57)

Yayınlanma tarihi: Eyl 30, 2011

Investigate nuclear fission, in which a heavy, unstable nucleus breaks apart; and nuclear fusion, where light nuclei are joined. In both, the released energy is millions of times greater than the energy from chemical reactions and comes from the conversion of nuclear binding energy to kinetic energy.