There are two ways of extracting energy from hydrogen atoms. One is chemical, and the other physical.
Chemical:
Combine hydrogen and oxygen to create water. This needs some heat, but a match is enough to get it started. This is the process that is used in hydrogen fuel cells.
Physical:
MASH two hydrogen atoms together to make helium. This requires enormous ammounts of energy to start. It is the basic process that makes the sun warm, and it is also the basis for a hydrogen bomb.
When hydrogen atoms fuse into helium atoms, a small amount of mass from the hydrogen is converted into a large amount of energy in accordance with Einstein's equation E=mc^2. This energy release results from the difference in mass between the initial hydrogen atoms and the resulting helium atoms.
Atomic bombs use nuclear fission or fusion to release a massive amount of energy. In nuclear fission, atoms are split to release energy, whereas in fusion, atoms are combined to release energy. This energy release creates a powerful explosion.
No. The sun produces energy by fusion. It is joining hydrogen atoms into larger helium atoms, which releases energy. Man-made nuclear reactors produce energy by fission. They break large atoms into smaller atoms, which also releases energy.
After the reaction, if the two atoms of oxygen and four atoms of hydrogen react to form water (H2O), the resulting molecules will contain two oxygen atoms and four hydrogen atoms in the water molecule. So, the total number of atoms will remain the same, with two hydrogen molecules combining with one oxygen molecule to form two water molecules.
In nuclear fusion, four hydrogen atoms combine to form one helium atom. This process releases a large amount of energy in the form of light and heat. It is the primary energy-producing process in stars like the Sun.
The sun's energy (and that of all other stars) comes from nuclear fusion. The nuclei of hydrogen atoms (ie protons) fuse together to produce helium and release energy.
Hydrogen: the mutual fusing of H atoms into Helium, with consequent release of energy.
When hydrogen atoms fuse into helium atoms, a small amount of mass from the hydrogen is converted into a large amount of energy in accordance with Einstein's equation E=mc^2. This energy release results from the difference in mass between the initial hydrogen atoms and the resulting helium atoms.
Nuclear fusion is a process where multiple like-charged atomic nuclei join together to form heavier nucleus. It is accompanied by the release of energy. The nuclear fusion process is responsible for the fusion of helium of hydrogen atoms into helium atoms in the core of the sun.
fusion. Hydrogen atoms fuse together deep in the core to form helium atoms and release energy
Yes it does. It produces helium by fusing hydrogen
helium atoms
The energy in the sun is released through nuclear fusion. This process involves the fusion of hydrogen atoms to form helium, releasing large amounts of energy in the form of heat and light.
The sun gets its energy from the process of fusion, where hydrogen atoms are fused together in the high temperatures and pressures of the Sun's core to produce helium atoms and release energy in the form of gamma rays..
Yes. The sun is often cited as an example of energy from fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium. You might consider then that this is "simple" physical chemical reaction between these atoms. However hydrogen does not combine to make helium under normal conditions. What it takes is that the hydrogen atoms are squeezed together by the massive gravity of the sun until the nucleus of each atoms essentially touch and unite to form hydrogen and release energy in the process. In short the Sun is able to convert energy from gravity into light.
helium atoms
Hydrogen atoms fuse to become helium atoms during the process of nuclear fusion in stars. This process releases a large amount of energy and is the source of the sun's energy.