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The sun would then be dead, and the solar system including all the planets would receive no more energy from the sun. Life on Earth would die out.
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It is thought that the sun is not large enough to fuse carbon into iron. It turns out it should fuse all of the helium and finally end leaving nothing but carbon. In fact, our sun will turn into a dwarf star which will resemble basically a planet sized diamond.
Stars that produce iron through fusion are usually much larger and produce supernovas. The heavy gravitational pull uses excess energy to fuse iron into the larger and more rare elements before blowing the entire star and core apart. This is how these heavy elements exist around the universe.
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What is the most massive element that can be formed by nuclear fusion with the liberation of energy?
iron
Nuclear fusion only releases energy when elements that are lighter than what element are involved?
Nuclear Fusion only releases energy when elements that are higher than what Nuclear Fusion produces certain sotopes of lighter elements.
Is nuclear chain reaction is called fusion?
The idea of nuclear fusion occurring at room temperature is called cold fusion.
How do nuclear fusion differ fundamentally from nuclear fission?
Nuclear fusion doesn't produce energy.
What is the benefit of nuclear fusion and What is one thing nuclear fission and nuclear fusion have in common?
nuclear fusion make more energy and they both make energy and have waste products
Does nuclear fusion create thermal energy?
Yes, fusion is exothermic until nickel & iron are produced.
How do stars create all elements up to iron in their core. What if your answer?
The process is called stellar nucleosynthesis and is based on nuclear fusion reactions.
What is the most massive element that can be formed by nuclear fusion with the liberation of energy?
iron
How do stars give out light and why?
They use nuclear fusion and the iron makes light escape.
A reaction in combining smaller atomic nuclei is?
nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion only releases energy when elements that are lighter than what element are involved?
Nuclear Fusion only releases energy when elements that are higher than what Nuclear Fusion produces certain sotopes of lighter elements.
What would stars be like if hydrogen rather than iron had the lowest mass per nuclear particle?
nuclear fusion would not occur
What process produces the largest amount of energy given off by stars?
Nuclear Fusion
What is events of occurring in the sun?
Nuclear fusion: mainly of hydrogen into helium. To a lesser extent there is fusion of helium into larger elements - all the way to iron.
What does nuclear fusion cause?
Nuclear fusion, which is the mechanism by which stars operate, will cause lighter nuclei to "combine" (fuse) to create heavier ones. It will also cause a lot of energy to appear. This is because the fusion reactions are exothermic (at least through fusion that creates elements up through iron).
The process of combining two small nuclei into one nucleus of larger mass is called?
Combining two atomic nuclei is called nuclear fusion.
Is fusion chemical nuclear or mechanical?
Fusion is a nuclear reaction.
