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as one with a touch of physics training, I'm quite comfortable with
hearing someone say that 'Energy is Released' when a heavy nucleus
such as U or Pu is 'split'. These nuclei have a 'High Energy' content.
I'm less comfortable when I hear folks say that when the 'High
Energy' ATP molecule is split, the energy is released. This seems to
be a VERY common statement in the Bio world.
Am I being too picky??
Splitting an H2 molecule doesn't release energy.
Letting it recombine with a similarly split O2 molecule DOES release
a bit of energy.