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Does nuclear fusion happen in the convection zone?
no
Where does nuclear fusion happen on the sun?
Only at the core, where the temperatures and pressures are high enough.
How does the sun create energy and where does it happen?
By nuclear fusion of hydrogen nuclei into helium nuclei, in the core.
What would happen to the type of atom when the number of protons is changed?
It would become an atom of a different element. This can only happen during radioactive decay, nuclear fusion, or nuclear fission.
What happen in the core that marks the birth of a star?
Nuclear fusion, converting hydrogen nuclei into helium nuclei.
How did E equals mc2 happen?
Usually through nuclear reactions, but it is also the result of antimatter-matter reactions. In fission a small percentage of mass is converted to energy, more is converted in fusion. In antimatter-matter reactions all the mass reacted is consumed.I think this person was asking how the equation ITSELF came into being. I'm not totally sure, but I know that Einstein, the person that came up with this theory, the theory of relativity, imagined himself riding a beam of light, and tried to imagine what that would be like. That is the primer of the idea that sparked the equation.
What do you use fusion power for?
There is no use made except in nuclear weapons. Attempts to make fusion happen on earth in a controlled way for power production have not succeeded yet.
What happens in a fusion reactor if the plasma touched the sides of the container?
The energy used to allow nuclear fusion to happen would be transferred to the surroundings through the metal container because it is a conductor therefore the plasma would cool down and the reaction wouldn't be able to carry on.
What would happen if you nuked the sun?
nothing would happen, the sun is constantly going through nuclear reactions
Where is nuclear energy formed?
In a nuclear fission reactor it is formed by the splitting of nuclei (U-235 or Pu-239) into two smaller parts. This happens within the fuel rods which make up the fuel assemblies. In the stars it is formed by nuclear fusion, which is quite different and does not happen on Earth.
Is nuclear fusion nonrenewable or renewable source and why?
Nonrenewable, eventually the oceans will run out of extractable deuterium. But thatt probably won't happen for a few million years.
Where would you find a nuclear fusion reaction naturally ocurring?
Nuclear fusion occurs naturally in the hearts of stars. To a lesser extent, it can happen in very massive planets (more than, say, 13 times the mass of Jupiter), where temperatures and pressures in the core are sufficient to cause hydrogen and deuterium to fuse.
