Sunday, May 8, 2011

Nuclear fusion


This is blog post will explain to you what is nuclear fusion and I hope you like it(:

Q1) What is nuclear fusion?

Ans: Nuclear fusion is the process by which two or more atomic nuclei join together, or "fuse", to form a single heavier nucleus.

This means that two atomic nuclei combine together to form a single nucleus. Also, large amounts of energy are released or absorbed when this process takes place. Thus, nuclear fusion yields a lot of energy and is a very dangerous process. Nuclear fusion takes place for the fueling of stars. Nuclear fusion "powers" the sun, yielding so much energy to make the sun shine. So far, there is no one who is able to create, use, or even control nuclear fusion on Earth. Although fusion bombs (H-bombs) use fusion, which is the bringing of two lighter atoms together to form one heavier one. It cannot be considered controlled because one cannot turn them off once they have started. Thus, nuclear fusion is very dangerous.

Biibliography
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nucene/fusion.html

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