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Fusion produces energy more than fission by around 400 times for same mass.
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What is the process by which the nuclei of atoms fuse together producing a tremendous amount of energy?
fusion
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
How does a fusion reactor work?
Fusion energy is created when nuclei are forced (or fused) together. . Nuclei, in the form of a thin gas, are magnetically suspended and heated to 150 million° C in a donut shaped vacuum chamber. The nuclei snap together giving off energy and helium. . Fusion (fusing nuclei) should not be confused with fission (splitting nuclei). Both processes utilize the strong nuclear force to produce energy but have significant differences. Two most prominent differences are ready to use technology (fission wins on that point,) and environmental safety (fusion has next to no radioactive waste or risk of melt-down). . Some fusion systems promise to produce energy without steam turbines, generators, cooling towers, and other energy sapping devices that must be used with coal burning and fission power stations. But to accomplish this fuels such as the rare helium-3 at still hotter operating temperatures are needed.
How can mass be converted into nuclear fission and fusion reaction?
There is a misunderstanding here. It is a fine, but very important point. Mass can neither be created nor destroyed, and energy can neither be created nor destroyed.There is a relationship between mass and energy, in the relativistic framework set down by Einstein in his famous mass-energy equivalence equation e = mc2. Do not misunderstand, however - this does not mean that mass can be converted to energy and vice versa - it means that mass has energy, and energy has mass, all depending on relativistic velocity.In nuclear fission, the nuclear force (residual binding energy) that holds protons and neutrons together in an atom is greater than the nuclear force required to hold the protons and neutrons together in the split atoms that result from the fission process. The differential nuclear force, or mass deficit, is released during fission. It is more correct to say that the mass is carried away with the energy, because the mass is the energy and the energy is the mass, as stated above.
How is heat generated inside a nuclear reactor?
Heat is generated inside a nuclear reactor by the release of binding energy (Strong Atomic Force) by the process of fission (splitting one atom into two) or fusion (combining two atoms into one).
What is the similarities between an atomic bomb and nuclear bomb?
Both have critical mass and both use chain reactions
