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Is a solar prominence a thermonuclear reaction?

No, a solar prominence is not a thermonuclear reaction. Solar prominences are large, bright features extending outward from the Sun's surface due to magnetic activity. Thermonuclear reactions, on the other hand, occur in the Sun's core where hydrogen atoms are fused into helium, releasing energy in the process.


What statement describes the primary thermonuclear reaction that occurs within the Sun?

The primary thermonuclear reaction in the Sun is the fusion of hydrogen nuclei (protons) into helium nuclei. This process, known as nuclear fusion, releases a tremendous amount of energy in the form of heat and light. It is sustained by the Sun's high temperature and pressure at its core.


What type of reaction happening in sun when it emits heat and light?

The most common sun reaction that happens in the sun is the hydrogen fusion. Other fusions like complex fusions among nuclei of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen atoms also produce energy in the sun.


Who proposed that temperatures at the core of the sun were hot enough for thermonuclear fusion?

Albert Einstein


Which is hotter the explosion of a thermonuclear bomb or the core of the sun and explain why?

The temperatures are similar within about an order of magnitude, but the core of the sun is hotter. The thermonuclear bomb is at the temperature of DT fusion, the lowest temperature at which fusion can occur. The sun, in addition to fusing DT, is fusing HH, HD, DD, DHe-3, TT, He-3He-3, all of which ignite at various temperatures higher than DT.

Related Questions

What chemical reaction produces the sun and energy?

These are not chemical reactions but thermonuclear reactions.


What is a sentence for thermonuclear?

The thermonuclear reaction in the sun produces vast amounts of energy through the fusion of hydrogen atoms.


Is a solar prominence a thermonuclear reaction?

No, a solar prominence is not a thermonuclear reaction. Solar prominences are large, bright features extending outward from the Sun's surface due to magnetic activity. Thermonuclear reactions, on the other hand, occur in the Sun's core where hydrogen atoms are fused into helium, releasing energy in the process.


What type of thermonuclear reaction occurs in the sun which generates a tremendous amount of heat energy?

The main thermonuclear reaction in the sun is the fusion of hydrogen nuclei (protons) into helium nuclei. This process, known as nuclear fusion, releases a tremendous amount of heat energy and is responsible for powering the sun and providing light and warmth to the Earth.


WHAT ZONE IN THE SUN IS WHERE the thermonuclear reaction take place?

Most nuclear fusion happens close to the Sun's center, or core. That's where the temperature and pressure are greatest.


Where do most of the thermonuclear reactions take place on the sun?

The most thermonuclear reactions on the sun, take place in the core.


What type of reaction occurs when a thermonuclear bomb explodes?

A fusion reaction.


Is the sun thermometer energy?

"thermonuclear"


What countries use thermonuclear energy for electricity?

None, unless you count the sun's energy, which is thermonuclear.


What element is created during thermonuclear reactions?

At the core of our sun, Helium is created by the thermonuclear fusion of Hydrogen.


What nuclear energy is the sun powered by?

thermonuclear fusion


What statement describes the primary thermonuclear reaction that occurs within the Sun?

The primary thermonuclear reaction in the Sun is the fusion of hydrogen nuclei (protons) into helium nuclei. This process, known as nuclear fusion, releases a tremendous amount of energy in the form of heat and light. It is sustained by the Sun's high temperature and pressure at its core.