Monday, August 23, 2010
ATOMIC ENERGY
The use of atomic energy promises vast possibilities for the mankind. In the beginning of last century Einstein advanced the theory of that matter is energy and energy is matter. and each may be converted into the other. Se said that the atom contained vast store of energy that may be used in thousand ways.
The problem was how to tame and obtain and use this energy. In 1938hahn and strassmann succeeded in splitting the nucleus of an atom of Uranium. Later it was found that the process of splitting the atom released enormous amounts of energy. Then on 2nd December, 1942, scientists succeeded in obtaining the first self-sustain nuclear chain reaction.
Today’s reactors which obtain energy from the atom are not very efficient machines. They harness only a fraction of the total energy available in the atom. Even this energy which is actually obtained from the atom is enormous. It is estimated that energy in one pond of uranium is equivalent to that of three million pound of coal.
The research in mysteries of the atom is going on in many countries of the world. It is hoped that before long better and more efficient reactors will be built. These will be able to obtain atomic energy at an economical cost. Atoms provide compact form of fuel which provides a vast amount of energy and it is also lasts longer.
Atomic energy can be used in many ways and for many purposes. It can be used to bring peace and prosperity to the whole of this earth. It can also be used to destroy this world and its inhabitants. It can do anything. It can be performed miracles if we have the power and wisdom to use it only for peaceful purposes. If we do not possess that much wisdom man has not many years to live on this earth and an other closest corrects the cry.
The problem was how to tame and obtain and use this energy. In 1938hahn and strassmann succeeded in splitting the nucleus of an atom of Uranium. Later it was found that the process of splitting the atom released enormous amounts of energy. Then on 2nd December, 1942, scientists succeeded in obtaining the first self-sustain nuclear chain reaction.
Today’s reactors which obtain energy from the atom are not very efficient machines. They harness only a fraction of the total energy available in the atom. Even this energy which is actually obtained from the atom is enormous. It is estimated that energy in one pond of uranium is equivalent to that of three million pound of coal.
The research in mysteries of the atom is going on in many countries of the world. It is hoped that before long better and more efficient reactors will be built. These will be able to obtain atomic energy at an economical cost. Atoms provide compact form of fuel which provides a vast amount of energy and it is also lasts longer.
Atomic energy can be used in many ways and for many purposes. It can be used to bring peace and prosperity to the whole of this earth. It can also be used to destroy this world and its inhabitants. It can do anything. It can be performed miracles if we have the power and wisdom to use it only for peaceful purposes. If we do not possess that much wisdom man has not many years to live on this earth and an other closest corrects the cry.
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