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Joules from fusion vs fission12/1/2023 These electrons will then be annihilated to create four more gamma Rays(□). A second position will be created, and it will find two electrons. The process takes six protons (1H) and returns two. Here, the first two reactions must be repeated at least twice for the third reaction. The reactions release the energy contained between parentheses. In which e+ refers to an electron positive. The proton-proton chain is the main chain of reactions gives us: The Sun creates energy by fusing protons to the helium nuclei (4He), also known as hydrogen nuclei. The exact specifics, however, are dependent on the nuclides in question. The fusion of small-mass nuclei provides energy in general. The larger nucleus has more binding energy and fewer nucleons than the combined nucleus as energy is released during the fusion process, eradicating the mass. It signifies that energy is released when two low-mass nuclei unite to form a larger nucleus. The energy of interaction per nucleon is higher for nuclei with a medium mass, and it reaches its maximum value equivalent to the range of iron (Fe). The fusion between deuterium and tritium yields 17.6 MeV in energy, but it needs to be at 40 million Kelvin temperature to ignite the coulomb barrier. The two types of fusion reactions currently most promising for nuclear-fusion reactors are the deuterium-tritium reactor (deuterium-tritium reaction), and the Helium-3 deuterium reactor. The reaction of the nuclei of two heavy forms isotopes of hydrogen, tritium and deuterium (D), releases 2.8 x 10-12 joule, that is, 17.6 MeV. Now, Einstein’s E=mc2 equation turns the missing mass into energy. The helium atom’s mass is less than the sum of four hydrogen atoms. The deuterium atom joins in a hydrogen atom to create an atom called tritium, and it fuses with another hydrogen atom to create a helium atom. The tremendous pressure and temperature of the Sun cause hydrogen atoms to fuse into deuterium. The Sun releases power via nuclear fusion reactions. A pound of highly enhanced uranium used to power the nuclear submarine could be as large as 1 million gallons of gasoline. One U-235 atom releases a minimum of 200 MeV (million electron volts) from the decay. This difference is transformed into energy in a process determined by the equation E = mc2. The energy produced from a single fission results since the neutrons and fission products are both lighter than the U-235 atom that was created. The two atoms formed of the fission then release their beta radiation and gamma radiation. When an atom splits, a massive volume of energy is released as radiation and heat.The process of taking the neutron and then splitting it is extremely fast in the range of microseconds that is 1×10-12 seconds.If a reactor is operating properly, known as ‘critical state’ in which one neutron is ejected from each fission, it can cause another fission.
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