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The nuclear fusion of a helium-3 nucleus and nuclide X releases an alpha particle and a positron Identify nuclide X?
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It is Deuterium an isotope of hydrogen.
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How do you mine and process helium 3?
How do you mine helium3? well that's easy. We can mine helium 3 from the moon by just using a shovel. All you have to do is shovel it up from the moon's surfacec, and then bake to aprox. 600 degress C. The He-3 will come out and miners will have to isolate the gas and you will have He-3 to use. Now to keep it, it just has to be stored in tanks at sub zero temperatures.
What reaction in giant stars for the fusion of hydrogen to form helium?
Fusion could occur with two deuterium nuclei, or one deuterium and one tritium. Helium would be formed in both cases, but does not take part in the fusion itself. The most likely reaction of deuterium and helium would be: D + He --> LiM --> D + D + D The "M" superscript indicates an excited metastable nucleus that instantly breaks apart. Another reaction is similarly likely: D + He --> LiM --> D + He Either way you are making no progress with fusion, the net reaction(s) probably even consumes energy instead of releasing it (my references don't supply energy figures for these reactions). Also such reactions would require higher temperature and pressure than DD or DT fusion do. Note: deuterium/helium-3 fusion does work and releases energy (at higher temperature and pressure than DD or DT fusion) but only produces helium and neutrons. Helium-3 is also rare. In practice, the original answer is absolutely right. However the above reactions will happen under conditions of temperature and pressure that permit D/He fusion, but as I already said they get nowhere, they are dead end reactions.
How can an atom have no charge?
Any proton that is floating around will attract an electron and then it will 'be' hydrogen. To make deuterium (one neutron) you need to slam two hydrogens together hard enough to make them stick (think about pushing the two N ends of magnets together if they had glue on them - if you pushed to lightly they would repel each other and never stick. But if you pushed them hard enough you would get the glue to stick - this is kind of like the nuclear force (glue) and electrostatic force (repulsion)). So basically it is much easier to make Hydrogen than Deuterium - everything pretty much starts out as hydrogen and is then smashed together in suns/super novae etc to make all the other elements. Part of why there is so little Deuterium compared to, say, carbon is that it is easier to combine a deuterium and hydrogen atom to make Helium3 than it is to smash the two protons(H) together to make deuterium in the first place. (Like a bath tub that is being filled more slowly than it is being emptied - there is always a little water (Deuterium) but there will never be very much). On the other hand the processes that make carbon are easier than the processes that use it - so the carbon 'bathtub' fills up and we get a large amount of carbon hanging around the universe.The arrangement of a proton with an orbiting electron is energetically stable without a Neutron.
What are some cool or facts about Jupiter?
Jupiter is about 11 Earths wide.Jupiter takes about 12 Earth Years to orbit the Sun.Jupiter is the largest planet, and contains 71% of all planetary matter in the solar system.Its huge gravity pulls every object in the solar system slightly toward it.Jupiter's days are only about 10 hours long - it rapidly spins, and different latitudes rotate at different speeds within the dense atmosphere.Jupiter now has 67 known moons. However, the newest ones discovered are no more than 2 to 4 kilometers in diameter.Because of its immense size, Jupiter may have been a "failed sun" but it is not as massive as the average dwarf star companion.Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun. It is the largest of the 8 major planets, and has more mass than all the other planets combined. It is a gas giant, with a small rocky core surrounded by an immense gaseous atmosphere of hydrogen and helium, so dense near the core that hydrogen actually becomes solid.Other facts:People could not live on Jupiter, as it has no surface to walk on and no breathable air.There are colored cloud bands in the atmosphere, which have various chemical compositions.The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is the largest of the storms in the outer atmosphere. They are caused by internal heat, like hurricanes on Earth. The red spot has been there since the time that Galileo Galilei first observed the planet with a telescope, in 1610.Jupiter spins the fastest of all planets - it rotates (its day) in just under 10 hours.There are faint rings of dust around Jupiter (as with Saturn's icy rings).It was named after the primary Roman god (equivalent to Zeus of Greece).One of its moons (Io) is the only volcanically active moon in the Solar System. It erupts liquid sulfur onto the surface of the moon.The Voyager 1 probe was the first to take close-up pictures of Jupiter in 1979.Its average distance from the Sun is 778 million kilometers (484 million miles).It has 63 known moons. Most of them are small, but 4 of them (the Galilean moons) are larger than Earth's Moon, and larger than the dwarf planet Pluto.Jupiter is is 88,846 miles or 142,984 kilometers in diameter. This is 11 times the diameter of Earth and its volume could hold 318 Earths.The planet's magnetic field gives off radio waves that can be detected on Earth.It takes 12 Earth years for Jupiter to make one orbit of the Sun.it is an average of 34 light-minutes from Earth's orbit to Jupiter's orbitJupiter is still very slowly shrinking because of its excessive gravity.One of its satellites (Europa) has an ice-covered ocean of underground water (the only liquid water found other than on Earth) where scientist believe some form of life is possible.Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system, it also has the biggest moon in our solar system, Ganymede. Jupiter's magnetic field is so strong, that it pours billions of watts into Earth every single day!Jupiter has 63 moons or satellites also the diameter is 88,846 miles or 142,984 kilometers. Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sunThe gravity on Jupiter is 2.528 times as strong as on Earth, so a 100 pound person would weigh 252.8 pounds on Jupiter.1. It is the most massive of the planets;2. It has the strongest magnetic field of the planets;3. The planet has no solid surface;4. The core temperature is 25,000 k;5. The great red spot is roughly the same diameter as Earth;6. The atmosphere is made up of mainly Hydrogen and Helium;7. The first objects in the solar system discovered by means of a telescope were the four brightest satellites of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto);8. Jupiter is 5th planet from the sun;9. The planet was named after the Roman King of the Gods;10. Jupiter is the source of intense bursts of radio noise, at some frequencies occasionally radiating more energy than the Sun.Five important facts about Jupiter:1. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It is mostly dense hydrogen, and its mass is more than 2.5 times the mass all of the other planets put together.2. The swirling colors of Jupiter mark different types of gases, and it has gigantic turbulent storms. One, the Great Red Spot, has lasted at least 350 years and is 3 times as big as the Earth.3. Jupiter, although huge, spins faster than any of the other planets, with one spin taking less than 10 hours. The rotation is slower near the poles.4. Jupiter appears as a star-like speck in the sky because it is so far from Earth, between 700 and 800 million kilometers from the Sun. It takes nearly 12 Earth years to complete a single orbit of the Sun.*5. Jupiter has, like Saturn, more than 60 moons of various sizes, some of which are likely captured asteroids. The largest Jovian moons (Ganymede and Callisto) are bigger than the planet Mercury. Europa, somewhat smaller, is thought to have an underground ocean of liquid water. Io, which is colored a sulfurous yellow, is covered with volcanoes, and is the most geologically active object in the solar system. Jupiter also has a tenuous set of rings that circle along with some moons.Also:It takes 4333 Earth days for Jupiter to orbit the Sun.The asteroid belt, midway between Mars and Jupiter, is regularly perturbed by Jupiter's immense gravity.A speeding comet broke into fragments that hit Jupiter in 1994, exploding in a series of fireballs that may have had a combined energy release of 6 million megatons of TNT.*It has quite a lot of gravity to wipe out any object that it approaches.*It is the largest planet in our solar system*It has a very large red spot*The red spot could fit two Earths into it.*The Great Red Spot is known to be a huge storm*The storm has been running for about 300 years*Scientists have known about the spot in the late 1600's*Known as Zeus in the Greek language*If you travelled onto Jupiter you would be very heavy for example if you weighed 70 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 185 pounds!*Jupiter has more than 63 moonsSeveral interesting facts about Jupiter are these below:1.)It has the fastest rotating period2.)The atmoshere contains hydrogen and helium3.) It has the most moons than any other planet4.) Some of its moons have water ice5.) Some of its moons have volcanic activity.it is very bigOne intresting fact is that one of it's moons has life.its close to uranus ;oJupiter has 63 moons or satellites also the diameter is 88,846 miles or 142,984 kilometers. Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sunAverage ditance from the sun is 778,400,000 its diameter is 142,984 its length of a day measured in earth time is 10 hours its length of a year measured in earth years is 12 years its average surface...Jupiter is a gas giant and the largest planet in the Solar System. Its unique feature is its Giant Red Spot. The red spot is a spinning storm, much like a hurricane.
What is Helium3's weight?
Helium3's weight would be 3 grams!!!!!! Look on the periodic table if you don't believe me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What element is abundant on the lunar surface?
helium3
What are the first 20 elements in the table of elements?
1. Hydrogen2. Helium3. Lithium4. Beryllium5. Boron6. Carbon7. Nitrogen8. Oxygen9. Fluorine10. Neon11. Sodium12. Magnesium13. Aluminum14. Silicon15. Phosphorus16. Sulfur17. Chlorine18. Argon19. Potassium20. Calcium
Which metal in the first 20 elements is most reactive?
The First 20 Elements in the Periodic Table are;1. Hydrogen2. Helium3. Lithium4. Beryllium5. Boron6. Carbon7. Nitrogen8. Oxygen9. Fluorine10. Neon11. Sodium12. Magnesium13. Aluminium14. Silicon15. Phosphorus16. Sulphur17. Chlorine18. Argon19. Potassium20. Calcium
How do you mine and process helium 3?
How do you mine helium3? well that's easy. We can mine helium 3 from the moon by just using a shovel. All you have to do is shovel it up from the moon's surfacec, and then bake to aprox. 600 degress C. The He-3 will come out and miners will have to isolate the gas and you will have He-3 to use. Now to keep it, it just has to be stored in tanks at sub zero temperatures.
What converts hydrogen to helium in the sun?
The basic reactions: First 2 hydrogen nuclei (protons) fuse to form deuterium, a hydrogen isotope (1 proton, 1 neutron). Deuterium then fuses with another proton to form a light helium isotope, helium3 (2 protons, 1 neutron. 2 helium3 nuclei fuse to form Helium4 (2 protons 2 neutrons), + 2 hydrogen nuclei (protons).
What reaction in giant stars for the fusion of hydrogen to form helium?
Fusion could occur with two deuterium nuclei, or one deuterium and one tritium. Helium would be formed in both cases, but does not take part in the fusion itself. The most likely reaction of deuterium and helium would be: D + He --> LiM --> D + D + D The "M" superscript indicates an excited metastable nucleus that instantly breaks apart. Another reaction is similarly likely: D + He --> LiM --> D + He Either way you are making no progress with fusion, the net reaction(s) probably even consumes energy instead of releasing it (my references don't supply energy figures for these reactions). Also such reactions would require higher temperature and pressure than DD or DT fusion do. Note: deuterium/helium-3 fusion does work and releases energy (at higher temperature and pressure than DD or DT fusion) but only produces helium and neutrons. Helium-3 is also rare. In practice, the original answer is absolutely right. However the above reactions will happen under conditions of temperature and pressure that permit D/He fusion, but as I already said they get nowhere, they are dead end reactions.
What is a reason why someone's voice might sound funny?
Some reasons:Illness: laryngitis, a common cold, nasal congestion, or a sore throat can make it sound funny.Vocal cords slack: when you just wake up, it can sound croaky because of a dry throat.Puberty: boys' voices change pitch during puberty and can sound funny. Eventually it gets lower in tone.Breathing helium: when you breathe in helium, the difference in density makes the pitch of your voice rise, making it sound squeaky.Drinking or drunk: someone's voice can be dull or slurred when they have been drinking alcohol.Accents and foreign languages: a voice can sound funny when doing a fake accent or pronouncing unfamiliar words.The "Family Feud" answers:1)Cold/Illness2)Helium3)Puberty4)Drunk5)Accent6)Just woke upOther suggestions:-- Hearing Loss or Deafness-- Someone trying to disguise their voice-- Talking into a bucket / with a megaphone-- Practicing to be a Ventriloquist
What is the humidity on Mars?
As near to absolute zero as can be, without actually BEING perfectly zero. In space, we can't measure the "pressure" of gasses or water vapor, because there are too few atoms, so we calculate (and if need be, count) the number of atoms or molecules per cubic meter. Near the Earth, at the altitude that the ISS or Space Shuttle flies, there are still thousands of atoms per cubic meter, and some of them are water molecules. And sometimes a photon from the Sun will break apart a water molecule into a hydrogen ion and a hydroxyl ion. Further away from the Sun, the solar system is filled with the "solar wind", hydrogen and helium atoms pushed out from the Sun by light pressure. (Some of the Apollo astronauts have calculated that the lunar dust must be saturated with Helium-3 atoms, and that mining the He3 from the dust could be an incredible power source for the Earth; if we could build a series of space trucks capable of bringing it home! Think of running a Helium3 Mine on the Moon, and shipping the fuel back to Earth, to be fused in the Mr. Fusion reactors! Further out in space, we believe that the number of gas particles per cubic meter will continue to decrease. but never reach zero, not even in the voids between the stars.
How can an atom have no charge?
Any proton that is floating around will attract an electron and then it will 'be' hydrogen. To make deuterium (one neutron) you need to slam two hydrogens together hard enough to make them stick (think about pushing the two N ends of magnets together if they had glue on them - if you pushed to lightly they would repel each other and never stick. But if you pushed them hard enough you would get the glue to stick - this is kind of like the nuclear force (glue) and electrostatic force (repulsion)). So basically it is much easier to make Hydrogen than Deuterium - everything pretty much starts out as hydrogen and is then smashed together in suns/super novae etc to make all the other elements. Part of why there is so little Deuterium compared to, say, carbon is that it is easier to combine a deuterium and hydrogen atom to make Helium3 than it is to smash the two protons(H) together to make deuterium in the first place. (Like a bath tub that is being filled more slowly than it is being emptied - there is always a little water (Deuterium) but there will never be very much). On the other hand the processes that make carbon are easier than the processes that use it - so the carbon 'bathtub' fills up and we get a large amount of carbon hanging around the universe.The arrangement of a proton with an orbiting electron is energetically stable without a Neutron.
What are some cool or facts about Jupiter?
Jupiter is about 11 Earths wide.Jupiter takes about 12 Earth Years to orbit the Sun.Jupiter is the largest planet, and contains 71% of all planetary matter in the solar system.Its huge gravity pulls every object in the solar system slightly toward it.Jupiter's days are only about 10 hours long - it rapidly spins, and different latitudes rotate at different speeds within the dense atmosphere.Jupiter now has 67 known moons. However, the newest ones discovered are no more than 2 to 4 kilometers in diameter.Because of its immense size, Jupiter may have been a "failed sun" but it is not as massive as the average dwarf star companion.Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun. It is the largest of the 8 major planets, and has more mass than all the other planets combined. It is a gas giant, with a small rocky core surrounded by an immense gaseous atmosphere of hydrogen and helium, so dense near the core that hydrogen actually becomes solid.Other facts:People could not live on Jupiter, as it has no surface to walk on and no breathable air.There are colored cloud bands in the atmosphere, which have various chemical compositions.The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is the largest of the storms in the outer atmosphere. They are caused by internal heat, like hurricanes on Earth. The red spot has been there since the time that Galileo Galilei first observed the planet with a telescope, in 1610.Jupiter spins the fastest of all planets - it rotates (its day) in just under 10 hours.There are faint rings of dust around Jupiter (as with Saturn's icy rings).It was named after the primary Roman god (equivalent to Zeus of Greece).One of its moons (Io) is the only volcanically active moon in the Solar System. It erupts liquid sulfur onto the surface of the moon.The Voyager 1 probe was the first to take close-up pictures of Jupiter in 1979.Its average distance from the Sun is 778 million kilometers (484 million miles).It has 63 known moons. Most of them are small, but 4 of them (the Galilean moons) are larger than Earth's Moon, and larger than the dwarf planet Pluto.Jupiter is is 88,846 miles or 142,984 kilometers in diameter. This is 11 times the diameter of Earth and its volume could hold 318 Earths.The planet's magnetic field gives off radio waves that can be detected on Earth.It takes 12 Earth years for Jupiter to make one orbit of the Sun.it is an average of 34 light-minutes from Earth's orbit to Jupiter's orbitJupiter is still very slowly shrinking because of its excessive gravity.One of its satellites (Europa) has an ice-covered ocean of underground water (the only liquid water found other than on Earth) where scientist believe some form of life is possible.Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system, it also has the biggest moon in our solar system, Ganymede. Jupiter's magnetic field is so strong, that it pours billions of watts into Earth every single day!Jupiter has 63 moons or satellites also the diameter is 88,846 miles or 142,984 kilometers. Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sunThe gravity on Jupiter is 2.528 times as strong as on Earth, so a 100 pound person would weigh 252.8 pounds on Jupiter.1. It is the most massive of the planets;2. It has the strongest magnetic field of the planets;3. The planet has no solid surface;4. The core temperature is 25,000 k;5. The great red spot is roughly the same diameter as Earth;6. The atmosphere is made up of mainly Hydrogen and Helium;7. The first objects in the solar system discovered by means of a telescope were the four brightest satellites of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto);8. Jupiter is 5th planet from the sun;9. The planet was named after the Roman King of the Gods;10. Jupiter is the source of intense bursts of radio noise, at some frequencies occasionally radiating more energy than the Sun.Five important facts about Jupiter:1. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It is mostly dense hydrogen, and its mass is more than 2.5 times the mass all of the other planets put together.2. The swirling colors of Jupiter mark different types of gases, and it has gigantic turbulent storms. One, the Great Red Spot, has lasted at least 350 years and is 3 times as big as the Earth.3. Jupiter, although huge, spins faster than any of the other planets, with one spin taking less than 10 hours. The rotation is slower near the poles.4. Jupiter appears as a star-like speck in the sky because it is so far from Earth, between 700 and 800 million kilometers from the Sun. It takes nearly 12 Earth years to complete a single orbit of the Sun.*5. Jupiter has, like Saturn, more than 60 moons of various sizes, some of which are likely captured asteroids. The largest Jovian moons (Ganymede and Callisto) are bigger than the planet Mercury. Europa, somewhat smaller, is thought to have an underground ocean of liquid water. Io, which is colored a sulfurous yellow, is covered with volcanoes, and is the most geologically active object in the solar system. Jupiter also has a tenuous set of rings that circle along with some moons.Also:It takes 4333 Earth days for Jupiter to orbit the Sun.The asteroid belt, midway between Mars and Jupiter, is regularly perturbed by Jupiter's immense gravity.A speeding comet broke into fragments that hit Jupiter in 1994, exploding in a series of fireballs that may have had a combined energy release of 6 million megatons of TNT.*It has quite a lot of gravity to wipe out any object that it approaches.*It is the largest planet in our solar system*It has a very large red spot*The red spot could fit two Earths into it.*The Great Red Spot is known to be a huge storm*The storm has been running for about 300 years*Scientists have known about the spot in the late 1600's*Known as Zeus in the Greek language*If you travelled onto Jupiter you would be very heavy for example if you weighed 70 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 185 pounds!*Jupiter has more than 63 moonsSeveral interesting facts about Jupiter are these below:1.)It has the fastest rotating period2.)The atmoshere contains hydrogen and helium3.) It has the most moons than any other planet4.) Some of its moons have water ice5.) Some of its moons have volcanic activity.it is very bigOne intresting fact is that one of it's moons has life.its close to uranus ;oJupiter has 63 moons or satellites also the diameter is 88,846 miles or 142,984 kilometers. Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sunAverage ditance from the sun is 778,400,000 its diameter is 142,984 its length of a day measured in earth time is 10 hours its length of a year measured in earth years is 12 years its average surface...Jupiter is a gas giant and the largest planet in the Solar System. Its unique feature is its Giant Red Spot. The red spot is a spinning storm, much like a hurricane.
