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What is the combining of two small nuclei to produce heat and one larger nuclei called?
Nuclear fusion
The binding together of two light nuclei to form a heavier one is called?
A reaction in which small nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus is called a nuclear fusion reaction. Large amounts of energy are required for fusion to happen but it will release even larger amounts of energy.
Which term is used to indicate the process in which two small atomic nuclei emerge from a larger one?
nuclear fusion
Energy that is released from an atomic nucleus?
Nuclear energy is held in the strong force holding the protons and neutrons together. There are two ways to release it:Fission of large nuclei into smaller ones - large nuclei (e.g. Uranium-235) are inherently unstable and when struck by a neutron split into two smaller nuclei (fission products - usually about 1/3 and 2/3 the original atomic mass) and 2 or 3 free neutrons plus the released nuclear energy as kinetic energy of these particles.Fusion of small nuclei into larger ones - small nuclei (e.g. Deuterium) are very stable, but when highly compressed and heated to millions of degrees, they will combine with each other releasing nuclear energy as kinetic energy of the product nuclei.Elements in the middle (from iron to lead) cannot undergo either fusion or fission as they have no excess nuclear energy (you can think of them as nuclear "ash").
What is fusion and fission bomb?
Fission reaction gets its energy from breaking up large nuclei (e.g. uranium, plutonium) into smaller ones.Fusion reaction gets its energy from combining small nuclei (hydrogen isotopes) together to make bigger ones (helium).Modern nuclear weapons are rarely pure fission or fusion, but are typically some mixture of them in a unique arrangement to get desired effects, in a desired package size, at an affordable production cost.
What nuclear reaction happens when two small nuclei combine?
Nuclear fusion.
What are the process in which nuclei with small masses are combined to form a nucleus with a larger mass?
Combining the nuclei of atoms is called Nuclear Fusion. A reaction that is found in stars.
Which type of nuclear reaction from large less stable nucei decomposing into small more stable nuclei?
the path followed by one object as it revolves around another is called
What is the combining of two small nuclei to produce heat and one larger nuclei called?
Nuclear fusion
The binding together of two light nuclei to form a heavier one is called?
A reaction in which small nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus is called a nuclear fusion reaction. Large amounts of energy are required for fusion to happen but it will release even larger amounts of energy.
How does the nuclear fusion creates new elements inside stars?
Small nuclei combine to form larger nuclei
A reaction in which small nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus?
That is nuclear fission. An example is that of a Uranium-239 atom undergoing beta decay. That is, a neutron in the nucleus ejects and electron, becoming a proton, resulting in Uranium-239 becoming Neptunium-239.
An ongoing series of fission reactions is called a (n) .?
Fission and fusion reactions are chain reactions but in different ways. In fission reaction a heavy nuclei is bombarded with a slow moving neutron and this nuclei breaks to produce more such neurons along with generation of new elements. These slow moving neutrons are further used to carry out fission of more such nuclei. This is chain reaction. Fusion reaction are a different class of nuclear reaction in which small nuclei fuse together to produce bigger nuclei along with the generation of energy due to mass defect.. In fusion reaction lot of energy is produced and this energy is used to carry out further reaction. Thus both can be called series reaction.
The process of combining two small nuclei into one nucleus of larger mass is called?
Combining two atomic nuclei is called nuclear fusion.
Which term is used to indicate the process in which two small atomic nuclei emerge from a larger one?
nuclear fusion
Why heavy nuclei are unstable?
Heavy, i.e. large, nuclei are unstable because their size is such that the attractive strong nuclear force starts to lose out over the repulsive effect of the electromagnetic interaction. The happens because the distance coefficient for the strong nuclear forces drops off more rapidly than does the electromagnetic interaction.
What does nuclear fusion and fission refer to?
fusion, joining of small nuclei to make bigger ones.fission, breaking up of large nuclei to make smaller ones.
