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The combination of the center of atoms to produce a heavier element is called what?
The combination of the center of atoms to produce a heavier element is called nuclear fusion.
What are the two ways nuclear energy can be released?
Fusion (combining light atoms into heavier atoms), and fission (splitting heavy atoms).
What happens to hydrogen atoms at a very high temptatute?
nuclear fusion is a type nuclear reaction in which 2 or more atoms combine to form heavier atom .
Why stars give light?
Nuclear processes where lighter atoms merge into heavier ones.
Can atoms change back from one another?
In a nuclear decay sequence it is possible for heavier atoms to decay to a lighter element.
Compare nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?
Nuclear fusion is the process of squeezing two lighter atoms together to make heavier atoms; nuclear fission is the process of splitting heavier atoms into lighter ones. In both processes, some of the mass of the original atoms are converted into energy; fusion tends to convert more mass into energy than fission does, so fusion tends to create more energy. Heavier atoms needed for a fission chain reaction tend to be unstable and radioactive, and thus the fission process tends to produce more radioactivity.
What is the differenc between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission?
Fusion means to combine lighter atoms into a heavier atom. Fission means to split a heavy atom into lighter atoms.
Definition of nuclear fusion?
Where people fuse two atoms together to make the nuclei heavier
Did gravity pulled the atoms together to form heavier elements?
No. Heavier elements were created by nuclear reactions in previous generations of stars.
What is nucear energy?
I guess you mean "nuclear energy". That's a collective term for nuclear fusion (combining light atoms into heavier atoms), and nuclear fission (splitting heavy atoms). Both processes can release large amounts of energy, in some cases.
What force holds nuclei of atoms together?
The "strong nuclear force".
What is the relationship between atoms and nuclear forces?
Strong nuclear forces hold the nucleus of an atom together. Weak nuclear forces are involved when certain types of atoms break down.
