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  2. Foe (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A foe is a unit of energy equal to 10 44 joules or 10 51 ergs, used to express the large amount of energy released by a supernova. [1] An acronym for "[ten to the power of] fifty-one ergs", [2] the term was introduced by Gerald E. Brown of Stony Brook University in his work with Hans Bethe, because "it came up often enough in our work".

  3. Nuclear chain reaction - Wikipedia

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    The average energy released and number of neutrons ejected is a function of the incident neutron speed. [16] Also, note that these equations exclude energy from neutrinos since these subatomic particles are extremely non-reactive and therefore rarely deposit their energy in the system.

  4. Nuclear binding energy - Wikipedia

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    The atomic binding energy is simply the amount of energy (and mass) released, when a collection of free nucleons are joined to form a nucleus. Nuclear binding energy can be computed from the difference in mass of a nucleus, and the sum of the masses of the number of free neutrons and protons that make up the nucleus.

  5. Q value (nuclear science) - Wikipedia

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    In nuclear physics and chemistry, the Q value for a nuclear reaction is the amount of energy absorbed or released during the reaction. The value relates to the enthalpy of a chemical reaction or the energy of radioactive decay products. It can be determined from the masses of reactants and products. Q values affect reaction rates.

  6. Reaction calorimeter - Wikipedia

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    A reaction calorimeter is a calorimeter that measures the amount of energy released (in exothermic reactions) or absorbed (in endothermic reactions) by a chemical reaction. It does this by measuring the total change in temperature of an exact amount of water in a vessel.

  7. Rutherford scattering experiments - Wikipedia

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    The true radius of the nucleus is not recovered in these experiments because the alphas do not have enough energy to penetrate to more than 27 fm of the nuclear centre, as noted, when the actual radius of gold is 7.3 fm. Figure 1. Potential energy diagram for Rutherford's atom model illustrating concentration in the nucleus.

  8. Kerma (physics) - Wikipedia

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    In radiation physics, kerma is an acronym for "kinetic energy released per unit mass" (alternately, "kinetic energy released in matter", [1] "kinetic energy released in material", [2] or "kinetic energy released in materials" [3]), defined as the sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation (i.e., indirectly ionizing radiation such ...

  9. Energy–momentum relation - Wikipedia

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    The energy–momentum relation goes back to Max Planck's article [5] published in 1906. It was used by Walter Gordon in 1926 and then by Paul Dirac in 1928 under the form = + +, where V is the amount of potential energy. [6] [7]