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Nuclear Energy
During the twentieth century scientists have discovered how to unleash
the most powerful energy of all; Nuclear energy. The study of nuclear energy
began for the same reasons that most scientific studies are begun; to understand
more about the universe and the laws by which the universe works. The more ....
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Middle of Paper
.... paticles: protons and neutrons and
2)electrons. The charge in a nucleus of an atom is carried by a particle called
a proton, the number of protons in an atom's nucleus is calle the atomic number
of the atom. Atomic numbers are always whole numbers such as +92. Each atomic
number is always a whole number, and each chemical element has its own atomic
number. Protons have a positive electrical charge, yet electrons have a negative
charge and since opposite charges attract, it keeps them in their orbits around
the nucleus. Neutrons are neutral and weigh a bit more than protons. ....
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