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What are fusion and fission with respect to nuclear physics?
Fission is a nuclear reaction where a heavy atom is split up into lighter elements, thereby producing energy. Fission is commonly used in nuclear power plants, but someday they will use fusion. Fusion is a nuclear reaction where very light elements are fused together under enormous heat and pressure into heavier elements, thereby producing energy. The Sun and all the stars are fusion reactors. Thermonuclear bombs (H-bombs) use fission (an A-bomb) to produce the heat needed for fusion.
How heat is produced in nuclear reactor?
The nuclear fission results in mass loss (called mass defect) that transforms into energy according to the formula: E = mc2 (c is light velocity). This energy manifests itself as heat energy.
How is a nuclear energy formed and used?
Nuclear is formed either by: Fission of heavy nucleiFusion of light nucleiRadioactive decay of unstable nucleiNuclear energy results from the mass defect (either due to fission, fusion, or radioactive decay) change into kinetic energy that is changed into thermal energy (producing steam) then to mechanical energy then to electric energy.
With Chemical Reactions Fusion and Fission what is the order of their energy output?
1 kg of uranium235 will give as much energy as 1,500,000 kg of coal, so that indicates the difference between nuclear and chemical reaction output. Fusion gives a bit more per kg of fuel than does fission-but we don't know how to use it yet.
Where Einstein's mass energy relation used?
Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Bombs.
How does nuclear fission and nuclear fusion get power?
The mass defect due to fission or fusion converts to energy according to the equation: E = m c 2
Does nuclear fission have small amounts of mass?
Yes compared with fossil fueled power plants of the same electric power output.
What happens to the lost mass during fission?
The lost mass (or mass defect) transforms into energy according to the law: E = mc2
Who calculated the energy released in nuclear fission?
Einstein's e=mc2 calculates the energy provided you have to mass defect (or the mass in which the product is subtracted from the reactants)
What is the only thing that can get changed in a balancing equation?
It is the mass defect during a fission reaction. Enrgy evolved during a radioactive fission can be calculated using the formula gived by Einstein e =mc
What are fusion and fission with respect to nuclear physics?
Fission is a nuclear reaction where a heavy atom is split up into lighter elements, thereby producing energy. Fission is commonly used in nuclear power plants, but someday they will use fusion. Fusion is a nuclear reaction where very light elements are fused together under enormous heat and pressure into heavier elements, thereby producing energy. The Sun and all the stars are fusion reactors. Thermonuclear bombs (H-bombs) use fission (an A-bomb) to produce the heat needed for fusion.
How do you use E equals mc2 today?
This equation was given by the great scientist Albert Einstein. This is the relation between mass and the energy. According to Einstein, the mass and energy one and the same. This equation is used in the calculation of the energy liberated in the fusion and fission reaction of the nuclei. where the mass is the defect mass or the mass converted into the energy, c is the velocity of light (c= 3x10^8) and E is energy. for example : if in a fission of the U-235 the mass defect is 0.2233 amu , then the energy released will be equals to E= mc2 => E=0.2233x9x10^16 => E= 2.097x10^16 J
How heat is produced in nuclear reactor?
The nuclear fission results in mass loss (called mass defect) that transforms into energy according to the formula: E = mc2 (c is light velocity). This energy manifests itself as heat energy.
How is a nuclear fission made?
Nuclear fission is the splitting of heavy nuclei (as U-235) when bombarded by neutrons. The nuclear fission results 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 produces steam. The steam spins the turbines that spins electric generators and hence producing electricity.
What is nuclear atomic fission?
Nuclear fission is the splitting of heavy nuclei (as U-235) when bombarded by neutrons. The nuclear fission results 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 produces steam. The steam spins the turbines that spins electric generators and hence producing electricity.
How is the enormous energy released in nuclear fission?
The nuclear fission results 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 produces steam. The steam spins the turbines that spins electric generators and hence producing electricity.
What are the products of nuclear fission and fusion?
The nuclear fission and/or fusion results 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 produces steam. The steam spins the turbines that spins electric generators and hence producing electricity.
