Binding energy

Be amazed that classical ideas of potential energy do not explain where the energy is transferred to when a nucleus is split up.Accept that increased mass would give an answer if mass and energy were equivalent E=mc2.Introduce the electron Volt as a unit of energy.Have a feeling for the scale of difference between energy associated with chemical and nuclear reactions.Understand that binding energy is not in the nucleus...

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