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E = mc^(2)

'E' is the Energy

'm' is the 'mass'

'c' is the 'speed of light in a vacuum.

in nuclear disintegration, when an atom disintegrates into two smaller atoms, there is a difference in the 'mass(m)',

Miniscule though it may be, but when multiplied to the speed of light squared , there is million if not billions of Joules of energy, which is released.

The speed of light in a vacuum is 3.8 x 10^(8) J .

Hence c^(2) = [3.8 x 10^(8)] = 1.44 x 10^(17) (m/s)^(2)

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lenpollock

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