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In a nuclear fusion reaction how does the mass of the products compare to the mass of the reactants.?
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What are the reactants and products of the forward reaction?
The reactants are on the left side of the equation, and the products are on the right side of the equation. The reactants are used up in a chemical reaction, and the products are the substances made by the reaction.
What happens to the reactants in a chemical reaction?
Put casually, they react with each other to form products. e.g. Reactants A & B form products C & D A + B = C + D
In a nuclear reaction WHAT does not have to be conserved?
While overall ENERGY has to be conserved, MASS does not. In a nuclear reaction mass can be converted into energy so the mass of the products may be less than the mass of the reactants. The difference in mass is converted into energy as Einstein's equation describes (E=MC squared). In a chemical reaction MASS has to be conserved.
What term describes the tiny difference in mass between the products and reactants of a nuclear change?
mass defect
Which reaction releases the greatest amount of energy per kilogram of reactants?
4Al(s)+3O2(s) - > 2Al2O3(s)
What are the reactants and products of the forward reaction?
The reactants are on the left side of the equation, and the products are on the right side of the equation. The reactants are used up in a chemical reaction, and the products are the substances made by the reaction.
What happens to the reactants in a chemical reaction?
Put casually, they react with each other to form products. e.g. Reactants A & B form products C & D A + B = C + D
Why are the products of nuclear fusion slightly less massive than the reactions?
The products of nuclear fusion are slightly less massive than the mass of the reactants because some of the mass of the reactants is converted into nuclear binding energy to hold the fusion product together.
In a nuclear reaction WHAT does not have to be conserved?
While overall ENERGY has to be conserved, MASS does not. In a nuclear reaction mass can be converted into energy so the mass of the products may be less than the mass of the reactants. The difference in mass is converted into energy as Einstein's equation describes (E=MC squared). In a chemical reaction MASS has to be conserved.
What is the process if the particle of a nuclear reaction is also one of the products?
nuclear fission
What is the relationship between reactants and products in chemical reactions?
According to the Law of Conservation of Mass, in a chemical reaction, matter is neither created nor destroyed. Because of this the sum of the mass of the reactants will always equal the mass of the products.
What term describes the tiny difference in mass between the products and reactants of a nuclear change?
mass defect
Which reaction releases the greatest amount of energy per kilogram of reactants?
4Al(s)+3O2(s) - > 2Al2O3(s)
In a nuclear fusion reaction the mass of the products is?
Less than 1%.
What are the products and reactants of the sun's nuclear reaction?
The dominant nuclear reaction in the Sun is the proton-proton chain reaction, with the net reaction being four hydrogen atoms turning into a helium atom (actually, it's too hot for atoms to exist in the core of the Sun where this happens, and really what happens is that four hydrogen nuclei turn into a helium nucleus plus two positrons, two electron neutrinos, and some gamma radiation).
Why might the following nuclear reaction not be very good for energy production in a fission reactor?
The reactants are too small to obtain energy from the missing mass due to strong nuclear force.
Why does the mass stay the same when hydrogen burns in oxygen and water is made?
Law of conservation of mass: total mass of Reactants AND Products stays UNCHANGED during ANY reaction (except nuclear reactions like fusions)
