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fusion is called thermonuclear for a good reason: it needs a lot of heat to get started.

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How can temperature either help fusion to occur or prevent fusion from occurring?

How can temperature either help fusion to occur or prevent fusion from occurring?


What is the temperature required for nuclear fusion to occur?

The temperature required for nuclear fusion to occur is around 100 million degrees Celsius.


Where in the Solar System is the temperature high enough to start fusion?

Fusion reactions occur in the cores of stars, including our Sun, where temperatures are extremely high, on the order of millions of degrees Celsius. No other location in the solar system has temperatures high enough to sustain fusion reactions.


Why does hydrogen fusion not occur at the surface?

Not enough pressure or temperature.


Why does nuclear fusion not occur on earth?

Because the conditions of temperature and pressure that occur in stars do not occur on earth


What takes an extremely high temperature for nuclear what?

Nuclear fusion reactions require extremely high temperatures, typically in the range of 100 million to 150 million degrees Celsius, in order to overcome the electrostatic repulsion between positively charged atomic nuclei and allow them to fuse together. This extreme heat is needed to create the conditions necessary for the fusion process to occur and release energy.


What temperature does star fusion begin to occur?

The minimum temperature is about 10,000,000 degrees Celsius.


It takes an extremely high temperature for nuclear to occur inside the sun?

Not nuclear, it takes an extremely hight temperature for Fusion to occur with in the sun or any other star. ADDED: Yes "nuclear". Fusion is one of the two type of nuclear reaction, the other being Fission.


What actually causes the fusion to occur in stars?

The cause is the very high temperature.


Nuclear fusion can only occur in areas of?

In areas of high temperature and high pressure


What is a significant difficulty in using fusion as an energy source?

One significant difficulty in using fusion as an energy source is the challenge of containing and controlling the extremely high temperatures and pressures required for the fusion reaction to occur.


What layer of the sun does fusion occur?

Nuclear fusion occurs in the solar core.