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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.

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What type of reaction takes place in stars?

a nuclear recation is formed


What is the part of a nuclear reactor called where the nuclear reaction takes place?

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Describe what takes place in a nuclear fusion reaction?

In nuclear fusion reaction two nuclei are combined by providing the energy.


What fuel stars?

Nuclear fusion, the same reaction that takes place in nuclear warheads, only in conventional warheads it's caused by powerful conventional explosives directed inward to cause heavy elements to fuse together, and in the cores of suns (stars) it is caused by the much more powerful force of the star's gravity.


What is the purpose of a reaction chamber in a nuclear reactor?

The reaction chamber in a nuclear reactor is where the nuclear fission process takes place, leading to the release of energy. It contains the nuclear fuel and control rods that regulate the reaction. The purpose of the reaction chamber is to sustain and control the nuclear chain reaction that generates heat to produce electricity in a controlled manner.


What processes fuels stars?

Nuclear fusion, the same reaction that takes place in nuclear warheads, only in conventional warheads it's caused by powerful conventional explosives directed inward to cause heavy elements to fuse together, and in the cores of suns (stars) it is caused by the much more powerful force of the star's gravity.


Where does nuclear fusion naturally take place in the universe?

Nuclear fusion naturally takes place in the core of stars, where high temperatures and pressures allow hydrogen atoms to combine and release energy.


Do chain reaction takes place in nuclear reactor?

Yes, chain reactions take place in nuclear reactors. In a nuclear reactor, the chain reaction involves the splitting of uranium atoms (fission) which releases energy and more neutrons, leading to further fission reactions. Control rods are used to regulate and maintain the chain reaction at a steady rate.


Is the nuclear reaction that takes place in a nuclear electrical generating plant exothermic?

I would imagine it is since the goal of an electric plant is to give off energy, and exothermic reactions release entergy. Both fusion and fission, the two major nuclear reactions, are exothermic.


Where does light reaction occur in a of the chloroplast?

It takes place on thylokoid membranes.Dark reaction takes place in stroma.


Which nuclear reaction takesplace in sun?

Nuclear fusion takes place in our sun, specifically the proton-proton (p-p) chain variant of fusion. There is another variant, the carbon-oxygen-nitrogen (cno) cycle, which is used in much larger stars, and to a lesser degree, our own Sun (less than 2%).


What type of reaction takes place on the sun?

The reactions that take place on the sun are nuclear fusion reactions. Stars are, after all, giant nuclear fusion engines. On our neighborhood star, hydrogen is being fused into helium in the proton-proton chain. In this reaction, two protons are fused and one of them undergoes a beta decay to become a neutron, producing deuterium. There are a couple of different ways the fusion reactions can go from there, but helium eventually results. The process by which stars "run" is called stellar nucleosynthesis, and you can use the links below to investigate further.