Nuclear reactions initiated by, and/or depending on heat.
As a generic term, thermonuclear is an adjective describing atomic processes involving heat.
This definition is necessarily vague, so in practical terms, the word thermonuclear applies specifically to weapons and power generation.
Thermonuclear weapons use the heat generated in an initial nuclear fission reaction to cause a chain reaction of further fission and fusion reactions, releasing energy.
Thermonuclear fusion is the proposed method for achieving nuclear fusion for power generation. The very high temperature, combined with some form of containment, causes the atomic nuclei to fuse together, releasing energy.
Nuclear fusion requires a minimum level of kinetic energy in each collision before the electrostatic repulsion of nuclei is overcome, permitting them to fuse.
Thermonuclear dynamics is the study of the forces and motion involved in thermonuclear reactions.
On Thermonuclear War was created in 1960.
The thermonuclear reaction in the sun produces vast amounts of energy through the fusion of hydrogen atoms.
It simply means that thermonuclear fusion happens.
thermonuclear fusion and hydrogen becoming helium... :)
None, unless you count the sun's energy, which is thermonuclear.
"The united states tested a large thermonuclear weapon at the Nevada Test Site". "The President had all options on the table, including the possibility of global thermonuclear war."
Mainly in stars, although some is seen in the secondary of a thermonuclear weapon.
At the core of our sun, Helium is created by the thermonuclear fusion of Hydrogen.
The most thermonuclear reactions on the sun, take place in the core.
Yes.
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