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Nuclei can fuse together through a process called nuclear fusion, which involves the combination of two light nuclei to form a heavier nucleus. This process releases a large amount of energy and is the source of power in stars, including the Sun. Nuclear fusion requires extremely high temperatures and pressures to overcome the electrostatic repulsion between positively charged nuclei.
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Why did nuclei fuse together?
Basically because both nuclei are positively charged so repel each other.
What element do you get if you fuse two helium nuclei together?
Nuclear fusion occurs when two nuclei fuse together. This is frequently nuclei of deuterium and tritium (both hydrogen isotopes), which form a helium nucleus plus a neutron.
Why does nuclear fusion require high temperature?
To bond together, two nuclei must be thrown together with great force. This is because every nucleus has a positive charge and the nuclei repel each other when they come close. If that resistance is overcome and the nuclei actually begin to impact each other, then it is possible for one proton in one nucleus to change to a neutron and bind or 'fuse' together with the other nucleus. The great force required here includes both extreme heat and extreme pressure, comparable to that inside stars.
What are the names of the elementsthat fuse together in the sun?
In the Sun, the primary elements that fuse together are hydrogen and helium. During the process of nuclear fusion, hydrogen nuclei (protons) combine to form helium nuclei, releasing vast amounts of energy in the process. This fusion occurs under extreme temperatures and pressures in the Sun's core, powering the Sun and producing light and heat.
When 2 hydrogen nuclei fuse do they make helium?
No, an element depends on the average amount of electrons it has. Actually in stellar nuclear fusion it takes 4 hydrogen nuclei to fuse to make one helium nucleus, the process is called proton-proton burning.
When is energy in the sun produced?
..particles (nuclei) fuse together to form heavier nuclei. Initially, two protons fuse together (hydrogen atom nuclei) to form deuterium. These in turn may fuse with further protons, or with another deuterium nuclei to for a helium nuclei. As the heavier nuclei form, lots of energy is released.
When two or more nuclei join together or fuse?
nuclear fission
What is the simplest form of fusion that occurs in stars?
Hydrogen nuclei (protons) fuse together and produce helium nuclei
Why did nuclei fuse together?
Basically because both nuclei are positively charged so repel each other.
How many helium nuclei fuse together when making carbon?
Three helium nuclei, also known as alpha particles, fuse together to form a carbon atom in the process of stellar nucleosynthesis.
What element is formed when hydrogen nuclei fuse together?
When hydrogen nuclei fuse together, they can form helium. This fusion process is the energy source for stars, including our sun, where hydrogen nuclei combine to form helium through a series of nuclear reactions.
Why is fusion only possible with small nuclei and not with larger nuclei?
Fusion is only possible with small nuclei because larger nuclei have stronger repulsive forces between their positively charged protons, making it harder for them to come together and fuse. Small nuclei have weaker repulsive forces, allowing them to overcome this barrier and fuse together to release energy.
What happens in a fusion reaction?
Two nuclei fuse together to form another element
Definition of nuclear fusion?
Where people fuse two atoms together to make the nuclei heavier
Energy is produced in the sun when two?
..particles (nuclei) fuse together to form heavier nuclei. Initially, two protons fuse together (hydrogen atom nuclei) to form deuterium. These in turn may fuse with further protons, or with another deuterium nuclei to for a helium nuclei. As the heavier nuclei form, lots of energy is released.
What keeps atoms from fusing together?
It is the nulei which fuse. Nuclei are positively charged and thus repel each other. The kinetic energy of the nuclei must be very large for nuclei to be able to fuse, such as at the surface of the sun, where hydrogen nuclei fuse to form helium nuclei.
What element do you get if you fuse two helium nuclei together?
Nuclear fusion occurs when two nuclei fuse together. This is frequently nuclei of deuterium and tritium (both hydrogen isotopes), which form a helium nucleus plus a neutron.
