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Energy harnessed from atoms that is used in power plants and some weapons?
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Which particles do plants absorb to obtain energy?
Atoms
Plants use light energy to rearrange the atoms of carbor and water into?
oxygen
What is the device that splits atoms to produce heat energy?
A device that splits atoms to produce energy is called a nuclear reactor. Nuclear reactors commonly split uranium-235 or plutonium-239. The heat is created mainly through: 1. An increase of the average kinetic energy of local atoms directly after fission 2. Gamma rays giving more energy to atoms 3. Radioactive decay which also creates heat
What is product of a nuclear power plant?
Nucler plants create nuclear energy by separaiting atoms
What are the types of nuclear energy?
In nuclear fusion, energy is released when atoms are combined or fused together to form a larger atom. This is how the sun produces energy. In nuclear fission, atoms are split apart to form smaller atoms, releasing energy. Nuclear power plants use nuclear fission to produce electricity.
Is an atom indivisible elaborate your answer?
No. Atoms are now considered to consist of several minor particles. And atoms dividing is what provides the energy for nuclear power plants. So atoms are NOT indivisible. They ARE divisible.
What is the difference between mechanical energy and nuclear energy?
Mechanical energy is energy generated through motion, while nuclear energy is generated through either fusion (the combining of atoms), or fission (the breakdown of atoms). stars generate fusion, and nuclear power plants, use uranium for fission.
What process does nuclear energy go through?
If you're referring to nuclear energy in power generating plants, it is nuclear fission. If you're referring to the nuclear energy in our Sun, it is nuclear fusion.
Does energy contain atoms?
No it does not. Atoms can have energy.
Do most nuclear power plants use atoms to make nuclear energy?
Nuclear power plants use the heat from the radioactive decay of Uranium or other radioactive atoms to boil water and make steam to run electrical generators.
What provides the energy for nuclear power plants?
Large atoms are broken up into smaller atoms, but the total mass of the smaller atoms is less than the total mass of the original atom. Some mass is missing. That mass has been converted into energy at the rate E=mc², which is enormous.
What is the source of energy in nuclear power plants?
The source of energy in almost all nuclear power plants is fission or the splitting of the atom. There are a few experimental fusion power plants, (or the joining of the atoms), but, there are few of them, since the energy needed to produce fusion is extremly high, and only last a few seconds. Around 99.99% of nuclear power plants are fission power plants.
