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.
Fusion is a nuclear reaction.
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Nuclear
Nuclear fusion in the stars
No, fusion is a type of nuclear reaction.
The type of nuclear reaction that results in the production of synthetic elements is nuclear fusion. This process involves combining atomic nuclei to create new, heavier elements. In a controlled environment such as a nuclear reactor, scientists can create synthetic elements that do not occur naturally on Earth.
In nuclear fusion reaction two nuclei are combined by providing the energy.
Nuclear fusion requires very high temperatures and immense pressures to start and continue. The problems with a nuclear fusion reactor would be:- 1) the high temperatures would melt the container: therefore, the reaction would have to be stored in a vacuum suspended by a magnetic field and the reactor would have to be continually cooled. 2) nuclear fusion occurs naturally in stars such as our sun: unless the fusion reaction was limited in size in some way, it would be likely that our planet is vapourised by the reaction.
Nuclear reaction
fusion nuclear reaction followed by fission nuclear reaction
Nuclear fusion is the type of nuclear reaction that occurs in stars. Older stars with a collapsing center can exceed a temperature of one hundred million Kelvin.
Nuclear energy is either:fission reaction, orfusion reaction, orradioactive decay