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To answer your question we first have to dive into what 'heat' is. Heat is "the average random molecular kinetic energy of an object". All that really means is heat is caused by the movement of molecules in an object. The 'faster' they are moving, the more heat there is.
In the nuclear fission process, heat is produced when a fissionable material (like Uranium) is split apart. This results in numerous byproducts. Including, fission fragments (the 2 or 3 elements left over from the split uranium atom. Normally these are Krypton and Barium), gamma radiation, beta radiation (beta radiation is just high energy electrons), fast neutrons, and neutrinos (there are others, including things like alpha radiation from the decay of radioactive material but you get the point). All of these things have a large amount of energy from the fission process and they 'speed off' through the core. As they 'fly around' they transfer energy to their neighboring particles. This is especially true for the fission fragments who have a relatively large mass and a high charge. This transfer of energy is what causes the 'heat'. The nearby particles are being 'pushed' around and therefore their 'average random kinetic energy' goes up.
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How sun generates energy?
By heat released from continuous nuclear fission and fusion process.
Why is nuclear energy called Nuclear energy?
Because it is energy derived from the heat made by a (Hopefully) controlled nuclear reaction. The nuclear reaction involves the nucleus of Uranium 235 (or possibly Plutonium 239) fissioning or splitting which releases a large amount of energy, so it is a nuclear process, not a chemical one such as would occur between atoms or molecules.
Why does uranium not yield energy when fused with something else?
Melting of metals is a process with heat absorbtion, not with heat releasing; and the nuclear forces cannot be released by melting.
What is the name of the process in which a nuclear fuel produces heat?
Nuclear fission
Is heat nuclear energy?
Heat can be produced through release of nuclear energy, but there are many other ways of producing heat as well, burning fossil fuels for example.
How sun generates energy?
By heat released from continuous nuclear fission and fusion process.
Nuclear fusion releases energy in what form?
Nuclear fusion releases energy as heat.
What process splits an atom's nucleus to produce normous amounts of heat energy and gamma rays?
This process is called nuclear fission.
What can nuclear energy become?
Nuclear waste. Consumable Energy. Heat.
Is uranium decaying an example of energy being converted from one form of energy to another?
Yes, decay process transform nuclear energy in to heat.
What process does the sun do to give heat to earth?
The energy of the sun is produced by the process of nuclear fusion, and a portion of this energy reaches the Earth in the form of sunlight, which heats the Earth.
What is produced during nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?
Both nuclear fission and nuclear fusion result in loss of mass (or mass defect) that transforms into energy according to formula E = mc2 (c is light velocity). The resulting energy manifests itself as heat energy that could be extracted and made use of as process heat, kinetic energy, and/or electricity.The release of binding energy.
What are the step by step explanation of the process of nuclear fission?
The process of nuclear fission involves the coming together of smaller atoms to make larger atoms. During this process energy or heat is created by the joining of these atoms.
The process by which heat energy is transmitted from the sun to the earth?
Radiation, called Solar Radiation. Radiant energy in produced in the sun by nuclear fusion.
How does nuclear energy turn to electrical energy?
nuclear -> heat -> kinetic ->electrical
What Is produced in nuclear energy in power?
Nuclear power stations collect nuclear energy, and produce heat energy and electrical energy.
In a nuclear power station the process that produces heat is called?
Fission is the process that produces heat in a nuclear power station
