a: uranium ~
b: mousetrap with a loose latch
What:
"An analogy I like better is a mousetrap. Think of the electric force as the spring, and the strong force as the latch. The latch is holding back the spring, and if you pop off the latch then the spring's energy is released.
Then a heavy nucleus like uranium is like a mousetrap with a loose latch: you get a lot more energy out than you put in when you trip the latch."
Useful?
Writer: Silpion
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Date: May 13 2014 6:22 PM
# 5681 Critique Analogy