Compare And Contrast Nuclear Fission And Nuclear Fusion
In nuclear chemistry, nuclear fusion and nuclear fission are different types of reactions that release energy due to the presence of high-powered atomic bonds between particles found within a nucleus. In fission, an atom is split into two or smaller, lighter atoms. Fusion, in contrast, occurs when two or smaller atoms fuse together, creating a larger and heavier atom. In both reactions, large amounts of energy are produced, with the only difference that fusion generates three or four times more energy than fission. However, nuclear fusion is very difficult to accomplish because it requires a lot of energy to put two atoms together than to put them apart. Because of this, nuclear fusion naturally occurs in constellations such as the stars or the sun where energy is more abundant, whereas nuclear fission can be accomplished with less energy and be artificially created.
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Putting two atoms together is it not an easy task, in fact, requires a lot of energy to collide two atoms until a perfect collision occurs. However, this type of reaction can release a large amount of energy that can be used in nuclear plants to generate electricity for a whole town. Another use of fusion is as a nuclear weapon to create the hydrogen bomb, which uses a fission reaction to "trigger" a fusion reaction.When atoms collide, the mass released as particles of neutrons can be used to produce nuclear energy. The law of conservation of mass establish that mass cannot be either created or destroyed, it can be converted into something else. So the mass “lost” in the reaction can be put into the equation where E= mc^2 to measure how much energy is being produced in the reaction. Since the mass of the isotope is partially lost as a particle of a neutron which gives rise to the energy generated according to the formula of
Putting two atoms together is it not an easy task, in fact, requires a lot of energy to collide two atoms until a perfect collision occurs. However, this type of reaction can release a large amount of energy that can be used in nuclear plants to generate electricity for a whole town. Another use of fusion is as a nuclear weapon to create the hydrogen bomb, which uses a fission reaction to "trigger" a fusion reaction.When atoms collide, the mass released as particles of neutrons can be used to produce nuclear energy. The law of conservation of mass establish that mass cannot be either created or destroyed, it can be converted into something else. So the mass “lost” in the reaction can be put into the equation where E= mc^2 to measure how much energy is being produced in the reaction. Since the mass of the isotope is partially lost as a particle of a neutron which gives rise to the energy generated according to the formula of