Question by Akhil R P: Where is this much of energy in a nuclear fission or fusion?
When is the energy coming from fission or fusion.
Where is this much of energy been saved.
Please explain.
How this mass is converted to Energy?
Best answer:
Answer by Gee Whiz
In addition to decaying, a nucleus can be transformed in two other important ways: fission and fusion. The isotope iron-55 is the most stable nucleus. Atoms with higher mass will tend to go through fission and give off energy while atoms with mass lower than iron-55 can go through fusion to become more stable and give off energy.
Fission -If an unstable nucleus breaks into two smaller pieces, it can form two new atoms. This is known as fission. When this occurs some energy is also released. This is the source of energy that powers nuclear power plants and the first nuclear bomb.
If two nuclei collide with enough force then they may fuse together forming a larger single nucleus. This is known as fusion. When this occurs some energy is also released. This is the source of energy that powers the sun (as well as other stars) and hydrogen bombs.
nuclear reactions can produce an enormous amount of energy. Both fission and fusion produce energy in this way. A bomb releases the energy all at once while a nuclear power plant releases the energy slowly over very long periods of time. Currently we don’t have any way to control a fusion reaction. All nuclear power plants in operation today use fission to produce energy.
Fusion reactions similar to the one described above are the source of power for the Sun and other stars. Notice how the lighter hydrogen nuclei fuse to form a heavier helium nucleus. Inside the sun heavier and heavier atoms are then fused together to form more and more elements. That is where all of the elements heavier than helium have come from – inside a sun.
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