- decays into thorium (234.0436 amu) plus alpha particle (4.0026 amu)
- Uranium's mass minus mass of decay products
.0046 amu
Where did this "missing" mass
go?
| Einstein said: |
lot of energy stored in strong force
holding
uranium atom together...binding energy
potential energy stores
as mass released
as
kinetic energy (energy of motion)
