[Wonder Warthog]

"If such a nucleus is just "tapped" lightly (as can be done be sending in a slow neutron), it breaks into two pieces, each with positive charge, and these pieces fly apart by electrical repulsion. The energy which is liberated is the energy of the atomic bomb. This energy is usually called "nuclear" energy, but is really "electrical" energy released when electrical forces have overcome the attractive nuclear forces."

What text is this, and by whom?? It sounds like "science for high school sophomores". Sorry, but it is NOT the electrical energy that provides the velocity, but the mass difference. Anyone who says otherwise is simply wrong.

[WildTurkey]

What text is this, and by whom?? It sounds like "science for high school sophomores". Sorry, but it is NOT the electrical energy that provides the velocity, but the mass difference. Anyone who says otherwise is simply wrong.

Do you really have a PhD?

[Moonman62]

What text is this, and by whom?? It sounds like "science for high school sophomores". Sorry, but it is NOT the electrical energy that provides the velocity, but the mass difference. Anyone who says otherwise is simply wrong.

My quote in #65 came from Feynman's Lectures on Physics, Volume II in the section on electricity. He gives another example using electromagnetism demonstrating how powerful the electric force is compared to our common sense notion of how strong it is.

Sorry I couldn't reply sooner, the hurricane cut off my electricity.