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What is fusion as opposed to fission and why does it need high temperatures and fast speeds?
Fusion is putting together (atoms ... usually hydrogen atoms), Fission is the breaking apart of atoms. And fusion requires high energy to occur because it requires the nucleus of atoms to touch (collide) - not an easy thing to do (basically impossible using only chemical energy).
How are fusion and fission different?
Fusion is the joining of particles to make stuff. Fission such as nuclear fission is 2 atoms smashing together such as Uranium 234, it gets smashed apart and more atoms are produced this happens billions of times to create very high amounts of energy.
What Types of nuclear bombs are there?
fission and the fusion types
What is the process that A star turns matter into energy?
A nuclear reaction - either fusion or fission - is required to turn matter into energy.
What is a nuclear reaction in which an atom's nucleus splits to form two new atoms?
Nuclear Fission.Splitting the atom creates masses of energy, so it is done in nuclear power plants which we use to power towns and cities.Nuclear Fusion is joining two atoms together to form new elements and such. Scientists havent found out how to do this, but it takes place in Supernovas in space.
Who studies fission and fusion atoms?
a nuclear physicist.
What scientist studies fission and fusion of atoms?
nuclear physicist
What is the name of the scientist that studies fission and fusion atoms?
Nuclear physicist.
What is the difference in the processKEY WORD of fission and fusion?
in atomic science, fission is the splitting of atoms, fusion is the fusing of atoms
What is the difference a fission and fusion?
fission is the splitting of atoms of uranium or plutionium by the means of neutrons. fusion is the opposite. fusion is the violent combining of atoms through magnatism and heat. our own sun uses fusion to shine.
Compare nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?
Nuclear fusion is the process of squeezing two lighter atoms together to make heavier atoms; nuclear fission is the process of splitting heavier atoms into lighter ones. In both processes, some of the mass of the original atoms are converted into energy; fusion tends to convert more mass into energy than fission does, so fusion tends to create more energy. Heavier atoms needed for a fission chain reaction tend to be unstable and radioactive, and thus the fission process tends to produce more radioactivity.
What is the difference between fission rector and fusion rector?
Fission means that heavy atoms are split, and converted into smaller ones. Fusion means that light atoms are combined to form heavier atoms.
What is the differenc between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission?
Fusion means to combine lighter atoms into a heavier atom. Fission means to split a heavy atom into lighter atoms.
Who studies the fission and fussion of atoms?
A nuerologist
How is a fission bomb different from a fusion bomb?
A fission bomb splits atoms apart using neutrons, whilst a fusion bomb instead fuses the atoms together, and is about ten times more powerful than a fission bomb.
Can fision occur in a star?
Not typically. When a star burns it starts with fusion of Hydrogen. Later heavier atoms are formed, also by fusion. It is believed that the very heavy atoms, that release energy when split (fission) are only formed by very massive stars . These atoms are also formed by fusion. When one of these very massive stars explodes (super nova) it spews out its atoms and during this process its possible some fission will occur, but for the most part star evolution is a fusion story.
What are the people that study fission fusion of atoms?
Particle physicists or nuclear physicists.
