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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.
What type of energy is stored in an atomic nuclei?
The energy stored in an atomic nucleus is nuclear energy. This energy is released during nuclear reactions such as fission or fusion.
3 advantages nuclear fusion has over nuclear fission?
The binding energy (Strong Atomic Force) released is much greater when fusion occurs than when fission occurs. As an example, that is why fission bombs typically have yields around 100 to 500 kilotons of equivalent TNT, while fusion bombs typically have yields in the 25 to 50 megaton range. The problem is that fusion requires a lot of energy to initiate - in fact, most fusion bombs use a fission bomb to set them off.
What is the process by which the nuclei of atoms fuse together producing a tremendous amount of energy?
fusion
Why are high temperatures needed for fusion reactions to occur but not fission reactions to occur?
In fusion reactions, nuclei need to overcome the strong electromagnetic repulsion to merge and release energy, requiring high temperatures to achieve the necessary kinetic energy. In fission reactions, nuclei need to be bombarded by neutrons to induce a split, a process that can occur at lower temperatures.
What type energy is in a nucleus of an atom?
The energy in the nucleus of an atom is primarily nuclear potential energy, which is the energy associated with the strong nuclear force that holds protons and neutrons together. This energy is released through nuclear reactions, such as fission or fusion.
How do you compare fission and fussion?
With nuclear fission, a large atomic nucleus (such as a uranium nucleus) breaks apart into smaller nuclei, and energy is released. With nuclear fusion, small atomic nuclei (such as hydrogen) join to become larger nuclei, and energy is released. Fusion of hydrogen releases much more energy than any other type of either fusion or fission. Note that the dividing line between heavy nuclei and light nuclei is the iron nucleus, which is at the perfect point of nuclear stability, so that neither fusion nor fission of iron nuclei would release any energy.
How does nuclear energy gets its power?
Through nuclear reactions. When a nucleus of U-235 is split (fissioned), some energy is releasedNuclear energy gets its power from the release of binding energy (The Strong Atomic Force) in nuclei, either by fission (the usual case) or by fusion (the method used in the Sun).
How does nuclear fusion happen?
Nuclear fusion is the process that powers stars, such as our sun.
What types of nuclear bombs are their?
Uranium "gun" fission bombPlutonium "implosion" fission bombUranium "implosion" fission bombComposite (Uranium/Plutonium) "implosion" fission bombBoosted fission bombDeuterium/Tritium "wet" (cryogenic liquid) fusion bombLithium Deuteride "dry" fusion bombClean (reduced fallout) fusion bombDirty (increased fallout) fusion bombMany of these overlap or can be combined or altered in various ways, for example the so called "neutron bomb" is a type of clean fusion bomb designed to emit unusually strong neutron radiation at detonation. Also any fusion bomb needs some type of fission bomb "primary" to set it off.
What are common sources of Nuclear energy?
Two common sources of nuclear energy are the fusion reaction in the Sun, and the fission reaction in various nuclear power plants. Both release binding energy (Strong Atomic Force) which manifests, primarily, as heat.
How do nuclear changes demonstrate the Law of Conservation of Mass and Energy concerning fission and fusion?
Fission and fusion involve the conversion of mass into energy, the total of which is conserved according to E = mc^2. However, at the quantum scale, which is where nuclear reactions take place, it's more accurate to view mass & energy as not two distinct concepts, but one, that of mass-energy. The "mass" of a nucleus is often slightly more than the total mass of it's constituent nucleons, with the excess being in the form of potential mass-energy from the residual strong force locking the nucleons together. In a reaction like fission or fusion, excess mass-energy locked inside the nucleus is released as radiant and kinetic energy.
