Assertion: proton's energy | /r/HasProperty | released
Facets:
value: by breaking them
type: MANNER
value: conversely
type: MANNER
value: by breaking apart nuclei
type: MANNER
value: during atomic fusion
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Energy is released when a heavy nucleus breaks apart into two or more lighter nuclei.
text: This energy is the electromagnetic potential energy that is released when the nuclear force no longer holds the charged nuclear fragments together.
text: Conversely, energy is released when a nucleus is created from free nucleons or other nuclei: the nuclear binding energy.
text: This 'missing mass' is known as the mass defect, and represents the energy that was released when the nucleus was formed.
text: Nuclear energy is also released during atomic fusion, when light nuclei like hydrogen are combined to form heavier nuclei such as helium.
text: For lighter elements, the energy that can be released by assembling them from lighter elements decreases, and energy can be released when they fuse.
text: For heavier nuclei, more energy is needed to bind them, and that energy may be released by breaking them up into fragments (known as atomic fission).
text: Conversely, energy could actually be released by breaking apart nuclei heavier than iron.
text: It is therefore possible for energy to be released if a heavy nucleus breaks apart into two lighter ones.
text: If the somewhat weakly bound uranium nucleus (7.41 MeV/ nucleon) splits into two more tightly bound nuclei like cesium (8.16 MeV/nucleon) and zirconium (8.41 MeV/ nucleon), energy is released.