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Two carbon-12 nuclei can fuse into a magnesium-24 nucleus in a star with enough pressure and temperature. Two magnesium-24 nuclei can fuse into a chromium-48 nucleus in a star with enough pressure and temperature. Chromium-48 decays by K capture with a half life of 23.5 hours to vanadium-48. Vanadium-48 decays by Beta+ emission or K capture with a half life of 16.1 days to titanium-48. Two titanium-48 nuclei can fuse into a ruthenium-96 nucleus in a star with enough pressure and temperature. In this chain, fusion ends here and the product is stable.
In the most typical fusion chain from carbon upward in stars it is more complex and the final product is a mixture of iron and nickel isotopes that are all stable and fusion ends there.
The difficulty in getting to carbon in the first place is that helium-helium fusion is a "forbidden" reaction, only the rare helium-helium-helium fusion reaction which is allowed at high enough density, pressure, and temperature can produce carbon. This is the fusion reaction that powers red giant stars and is why they grow so gigantic and their photosphere is so far from the energy source that it cools to red heat.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoYes, but combustion would be more usual.
Carbon fission is not possible. Carbon fusion is what powers red giant stars.
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Energy release of fusion compared to fission?
fusion=bigger boom
How are fission and fission similar?
Fusion and fission are similar in that they both reduce mass and thereby release binding energy.
Fission and fusion are examples of what?
Nuclear processes that can release large amounts of energy.
Is energy released during fission but absorbed during fusion?
Energy is released during fusion and fission.
How does nuclear fission differ from nuclear fusion?
Nuclear fission is the process of splitting a nucleus with a large mass into two nuclei with smaller masses. The energy released can then be used to produce electricity. Nuclear fusion is the process of merging nuclei with smaller masses into a nucleus with a larger mass. The energy released by this reaction may someday be used to produce electricity. In other words, Nuclear Fusion is the exact opposite of Nuclear fission. While Nuclear Fission is splitting a nucleus into two nuclei, nuclear fusion is merging two nuclei into a nucleus.
Which process would release energy from gold fission or fusion?
fission
Energy release of fusion compared to fission?
fusion=bigger boom
What do fusion and fission release?
Kinetic energy, which is quickly converted to thermal energy
How are fission and fission similar?
Fusion and fission are similar in that they both reduce mass and thereby release binding energy.
How nuclear fusion differ to nuclear fission in terms of energy release?
Energy from nuclear fusion is around 400 times more than that of nuclear fission for same mass.
Outline on nuclear energy?
Definition: energy from nuclear fission or fusion: the energy released by nuclear fission or fusion
Fission and fusion are examples of what?
Nuclear processes that can release large amounts of energy.
Is energy released during fission but absorbed during fusion?
Energy is released during fusion and fission.
Do H-bombs deal with fission?
To some degree. Hydrogen bombs release energy via nuclear fusion, but they use a fission reaction to trigger the fusion.
How are fissions and fusion similar?
Fusion and fission are similar in that they both reduce mass and thereby release binding energy.
Name a nuclear process in which a huge amount of energy is released and which can also be used to generate electrical energy in power stations?
The processes of fission, fusion and fission-fusion-fishion all release energy. Currently, only fission reactors are used to produce electricity.
How are fusion and fission similar to chemical energy?
They are not similar, as fusion and fission involve changes to the nucleus whereas chemical energy involves the bonds between atoms
