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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: Energy released by strong force
« on: 28/06/2016 19:09:05 »That would explain fission but it would not explain Fusion which is even more energetic than fissionQuote from: granpaa chemical reaction might release 10 ev of energy.We are not told that. May I inquire where you got that idea from?
a nuclear reaction releases millions of times that.
we are told that that is because the nuclear force is much stronger.
The energy released in nuclear reactions is actually electrostatic potential energy. To construct a nucleus out of protons and neutrons requires assembling them together. In order to do this one has to do work to overcome the electrostatic repulsion between the protons. The force that holds the nucleus together after bringing the protons together is the strong force. This is a fact which is unfortunately never pointed out.
Your confusion arises because you're confusing energy with force. Its electrostatic energy that's stored in the nucleus. It's the strong force that holds the nucleus together.