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From: phys-l@lists.nau.edu: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-
L@lists.nau.edu] On Behalf Of Bernard Cleyet
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 12:32 PM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: Nuclear topics in physics?
What happens to the released energy? What
prevents heavy nuclei from fissioning very rapidly?
That seems to be going overboard. Answering those two
questions requires knowing a lot of detail about nuclear
processes. I don't know how to make an idealized/simplified
version of that question without throwing the baby out
with the bathwater.
JD must be requiring more rigor than I think necessary. Eisberg and
Lerner discuss this, I think well, in one page. This is after
discussing chemical reactions, etc. The sub ch. "Energy and Rest Mass
in Chemical and Nuclear Reactions" is ~ ten pp.
bc