NUCLEARFUSION

Nuclear Fusion is described as a process where in two nuclei are combined in order to form a heavy nucleus.

Is a nuclear reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei collide at very high speed and join to form a new type of atomic nucleus.

• Example: The energy that the Sun emits into space is produced by nuclear reactions that happen in its core due to the collision of hydrogen nuclei and the formation of helium nuclei.

• FUSION- is the process that powers actives star.

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• In the process of thermonuclear fusion, a fusion fuel is heat up to 106 K when ionization occurs to create plasma.

• Plasma is the combination of moving charged particles having an equal number of positive and then negative charge.

Nuclear energy can also be released by fusion of two light elements (elements with low atomic numbers). The power that fuels the sun and the stars is nuclear fusion. In a hydrogen bomb, two isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium are fused to form a nucleus of helium and a neutron. This fusion releases 17.6 MeV of energy. Unlike nuclear fission, there is no limit on the amount of the fusion that can occur.