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carbon
Nuclear fusion occurs when two nuclei fuse together. This is frequently nuclei of deuterium and tritium (both hydrogen isotopes), which form a helium nucleus plus a neutron.
The process is called fusion; hydrogen nuclei are fused together to make helium. At much higher temperatures and pressures, the helium can fuse into carbon and nitrogen and oxygen.
Carbon, mainly. Two helium nuclei make beryllium-8, which normally decays practically instantaneously back into the helium nuclei, but if a third helium nucleus hits it first it will make the stable carbon-12. More helium can then be added to make oxygen, neon, magnesium, silicon, sulfur, argon, calcium, titanium, chromium, iron, and finally nickel before the process becomes endergonic.
3 Helium nuclei combine to form a carbon nucleus,releasing light energy
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carbon
Nuclear fusion occurs when two nuclei fuse together. This is frequently nuclei of deuterium and tritium (both hydrogen isotopes), which form a helium nucleus plus a neutron.
Helium
The process is called fusion; hydrogen nuclei are fused together to make helium. At much higher temperatures and pressures, the helium can fuse into carbon and nitrogen and oxygen.
Hydrogen nuclei (protons) fuse together and produce helium nuclei
hydrogen nuclei join together to make a larger helium.
B- particles are electrons. They are not Helium nuclei.
..particles (nuclei) fuse together to form heavier nuclei. Initially, two protons fuse together (hydrogen atom nuclei) to form deuterium. These in turn may fuse with further protons, or with another deuterium nuclei to for a helium nuclei. As the heavier nuclei form, lots of energy is released.
Carbon, mainly. Two helium nuclei make beryllium-8, which normally decays practically instantaneously back into the helium nuclei, but if a third helium nucleus hits it first it will make the stable carbon-12. More helium can then be added to make oxygen, neon, magnesium, silicon, sulfur, argon, calcium, titanium, chromium, iron, and finally nickel before the process becomes endergonic.
..particles (nuclei) fuse together to form heavier nuclei. Initially, two protons fuse together (hydrogen atom nuclei) to form deuterium. These in turn may fuse with further protons, or with another deuterium nuclei to for a helium nuclei. As the heavier nuclei form, lots of energy is released.
It definitely runs on hydrogen, and its made of helium, as well. --- Yes, it is mainly made of hydrogen which it uses as a fuel. It fuses hydrogen nuclei together to form helium, producing huge amounts of energy through this nuclear fusion reaction. Helium is produced by this reaction. The most important fusion reaction is stars the size of our Sun, is the so called 'Proton - proton' reaction, which in summary, combines 4 nuclei of Hydrogen to produce one nucleus of Helium, plus two nuclei of Hydrogen, and positrons and gamma rays. Gamma rays get transformed inside the sun into less harmful electromagnetic radiations. There are other fusion reaction inside stars, which combine lighter atom nuclei into heavier nuclei, going up to producing carbon C and iron Fe nuclei.