why splitting a tiny particle can cause such a devastating blast
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If you’ve heard of the equation e = mc² what this mean is the (potential) energy released is equal to the mass(weight divided by gravity) times by the speed of light squared.
Because the speed of light is a huge number (400,000 meters per second/180,000 miles) a tiny amount of mass can give a huge amount of energy.
Splitting it just happens to be one of the ways we get the energy out. The same way we burn fuel to yet the energy (heat).
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