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How does nuclear fission and fusion release energy through mass conversion?

April 26, 2017energy fission Fusion mass Mathematics nuclear Physics release

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How does nuclear fission and fusion release energy through mass conversion?

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Fission: The total binding energy of the resulting elements must be less than that of the starting element. Fusion: Fusion of lighter nuclei into heavier nuclei leads to loss of mass when the energy of binding is removed (this energy carries away the lost mass), even though no nucleons are lost.