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Is the nuclear reaction in the sun the same as in nuclear bombs?
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∙ 9y ago
In the so-called "hydrogen bomb" or fusion bomb, yes, there is energy released from the same reaction (hydrogen fusing to helium) as in the Sun.
However, many if not most atomic bombs are fission bombs that do not involve fusion. In a fission bomb, the nuclei of uranium atoms are split, converting some of their mass to energy.
All current fusion bombs include fission reactions to trigger the greater energy release from fusion. But most of the energy in very large fission-fusion bombs comes from a third-stage reaction: the fusion causes an exceptionally powerful fission reaction in a uranium shell around the bomb. This called a Teller-Ulam device or fission-fusion-fission bomb.
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How do hydrogen bombs and stars both produce nuclear energy?
Stars like our sun and hydrogen bombs produce energy through nuclear fusion.
What is thermonuclear reaction in sun?
Nuclear fusion
What nuclear reaction happens between hydrogen and helium in the sun?
Nuclear fusion, in which hydrogen-1 is fused into helium-4.
What are the equal and opposite forces acting on your sun to keep it in equilibreum?
The sun is kept in equilibrium by the balancing forces of the outward pressure from the energy of the nuclear reaction of hydrogen into helium and the inward force of gravity. This state is called Main Sequence. However, the sun is not in perfect equilibrium because as the sun's core of hydrogen is depleted, the next layer out of hydrogen will begin undergoing a nuclear reaction, causing the sun to expand.
How is the sun related to nuclear energy?
The sun is a star, and it is also a nuclear fusion reactor. It is fusing hydrogen into helium to create energy via what we call the proton-proton nuclear reaction. Our local star has been doing this for billions of years, and will continue to do so for billions more.
Hydrogen bombs use the same nuclear process that powers the?
Hydrogen bombs use the same process of nuclear fusionthat powers the Sun.
What are the examples of nuclear energy?
Nuclear bombs, nuclear power plants, the sun.
What are some exampels of nuclear energy?
the sun, atomic bombs, nuclear power plants
What does fusion have to do with the sun?
Nuclear reaction
How many nuclear bombs does the sun release each second?
Without knowing the yield of your hypothetical nuclear bombs it is not possible to answer this question. Please clarify.
How do hydrogen bombs and stars both produce nuclear energy?
Stars like our sun and hydrogen bombs produce energy through nuclear fusion.
What is the name of the nuclear reaction on the sun?
Fusion.
What is thermonuclear reaction in sun?
Nuclear fusion
What chemical reaction fuels the sun?
Fusion is the type of nuclear reaction that fuels your solar system.
What is a type of nuclear reaction produced in the sun?
nuclearfission
What is changed during a nuclear reaction in the sun?
atoms
What is the sun's power source?
Nuclear Fusion Reaction
