Nuclear & Chemical Energy

⁠You can find the written version of this episode at https://labattu.com/s1c7-nuclear-chemical-energies/

(00:00) Intro

(01:23) Nuclear forces and elementary particles

(05:34) Mass and binding energy

(11:17) The weak interaction and radioactive decay

(15:23) Energy in chemical reactions

(17:12) Electrochemical reactions

(20:27) Electrochemical gradients and photosynthesis

(24:58) Trivia: gluons

(26:13) Further reading

(26:26) Outro

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