Thank you gneill. Never thought of a comparison at the molecular level, nor a comparison between nuclear binding energy and electron binding energy.
I recon I should be able show off some satisfactory calculations with this
No one knows anything?
This is killing me... Has anyone got an idea? how I could illustrate the yield of a nuclear bomb compared to conventional explosives?
Homework Statement
I'm writing a paper on the Manhattan Project, and as part of this paper I am asked to show:
"... calculations that can help illustrate the explosive power of an atomic bomb compared to ordinary explosives."Homework Equations
Released energy per fission:
Q = \Deltam * c2
The...