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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...