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Can a hydrogen nuclear fission reaction restart the hydrogen fusion reaction?
No, hydrogen does not fission. Fission only occurs in heavy elements that are well past the peak in binding energy per nucleon (where binding energy per nucleon is decreasing), and fusion can only occur in light elements which are in the portion of the binding energy curve where binding energy per nucleon is increasing. When you fission a heavy element or fuse light elements, the product nuclei have higher binding energies per nucleon than the original element. This is where the energy release comes from. Check out the Wikipedia article on nuclear binding energy.
Nuclide that have a high binding energy per nucleon are more?
Stable. The highest binding energy is for iron and nickel, which are the least likely to undergo fission or fusion reactions
Why fusion reaction are more energetic than fission reactions?
Nuclear fission does not produce more energy than nuclear fusion. In nuclear fusion (6.4 MeV) per nucleon is given out which is much greater than the energy given out per nucleon (1 MeV) during a nuclear fission reaction.
How are fission and fission similar?
Fusion and fission are similar in that they both reduce mass and thereby release binding energy.
How are fissions and fusion similar?
Fusion and fission are similar in that they both reduce mass and thereby release binding energy.
How does binding energy per nucleon vary with mass number?
Elements with intermediate atomic mass numbers have the greatest binding energies.The binding energy per nucleon increases as mass number increases up to 56, then binding energy decreases as mass number increases above 56.
Elements that contain low binding energies in the nucleus are likely to release stored energy through?
Light atoms are having low binding energy per nucleon. It may give energy through nuclear fusion.
How is nuclear binding energy released?
Through either fusion of light elements or fission of heavy ones
What is fusion and fission related to?
Fusion and fission is related to combining (fusion) or splitting (fission) radioactive nuclei, in both cases releasing binding energy (The Strong Atomic Force). Fission is more commonly used in nuclear power plants and A-Bombs, while fusion is more commonly used in H-Bombs and in the Stars.
Is the energy produced by the sun atomic fusion or fission?
It is fusion - the fusion of hydrogen into helium - accompanied by a gigantic release of binding energy that feeds the reaction and generates radiation in the form of light, heat, etc.
What causes a nuclear explosion?
An uncontrolled release of nuclear binding energy. This can be either by fission or fusion or some mixture of both.
What happened in fission when the products have less mass than the starting material?
The binding energy per nucleon varies in different nuclei, being a maximum in the region of iron and nickel, and getting progressively less as the heavier nuclei are approached, Therefore when a uranium nucleus splits into two nuclei of lighter elements, the total binding energy is increased, and this results in a loss of mass. The destroyed mass appears as energy, from the relation E = mc2. You can read more and see the binding energy graph in the link below. It is also evident why fusion of light nuclei like hydrogen also releases energy, as in this part of the graph binding energy increases as the nuclei get heavier.
