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Nuclear fusion is the process by which nuclear reactions between light elements form heavier ones (up to iron).
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In physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fusion is the process by which multiple atomic particles join together to form a heavier nucleus.
nuclear fusion Mechanism of energy generation in the core of the Sun, in which light nuclei are combined, or fused, into heavier ones, releasing energy in the process.
nuclear fusion
the process by which two atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier atomic nucleus; this is the energy source that causes most stars to shine
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NUCLEAR FUSION
A process where atoms are joined and tremendous amounts of energy are released.
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ORBIT
The path followed by an object in space as it goes around another object; to travel around another object in a single path.
Nuclear fusion- nuclear reaction in which one kind of atom, under extreme heat and pressure, is combined with another and forms a different one
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nuclear fusion
The process in which atomic nuclei bond and create heavier elements, which releases a large amount of energy in the form of heat and light. Hydrogen fuses into helium in the core of most stars.
nuclear fusion
A nuclear process whereby several small nuclei are combined to make a larger one whose mass is slightly smaller than the sum of the small ones.
Nuclear Fusion
Process by which the Sun (and other stars) radiates energy. The nucleus of an atom fuses with the nuclei of other atoms to form new, heavier atoms at the same time releasing large amounts of energy.
nuclear fusion: Reaction that joins the nuclei of atoms to form more massive nuclei.
nucleosynthesis: The production of elements heavier than helium by the fusion of atomic nuclei in stars and during supernovae explosions.
Nuclear fusion The process of releasing energy by combining hydrogen atoms to form helium, or more generally, to combine light nuclei into heavier ones. Nuclear fusion appears to be the source of the energy of the Sun and of stars.
Nuclear fusion reaction pathways
A variety of different nuclear fusion reactions take place inside the cores of stars, depending upon their mass and composition (see Stellar nucleosynthesis).
NUCLEAR FUSION IN STARS: NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
WHY ARE STARS HOT AND BRIGHT?
Nuclear Fusion and Nucleosynthesis
Stars are giant nuclear reactors.
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sets old dust burning anew
the cycle repeats
hot, hotter it gets
turns old dust into new light
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Nuclear fusion is how stars produce their light, heat, and energy. Through this process, they 'burn' a fuel known as hydrogen. The result is that they create another type of matter known as helium.
Nuclear fusion is something of a holy grail for utility companies because it produces no nasty waste products and has the potential of getting more energy out of it than you put in---free energy! ...
nuclear fusion A nuclear process that releases energy when lightweight nuclei combine to form heavy-weight nuclei.
nucleosynthesis The building up of heavy elements from lighter ones by nuclear fusion.
Nuclear fusion
In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fusion is the process by which multiple like-charged atomic nuclei join together to form a heavier nucleus....
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NUCLEAR FUSION
Nuclear fusion is an atomic reaction in which many nuclei (the centers of atoms) combine together to make a larger one (which is a different element).
Nuclear fusion is an atomic reaction in which many nuclei (the centers of ) combine together to make a larger one (which is a different element).
nuclear fusion - (n.)
Combination of two small atomic nuclei to produce one larger nucleus.
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The nuclear fusion within a star creates an object that can remain hot for billions of years. While all stars begin life with almost the same composition, nuclear fusion changes this composition.
The nuclear fusion in the cores of main sequence stars involves positive hydrogen nuclei, ionised hydrogen atoms or protons, to slam together, releasing energy in the process.
The nuclear fusion process that combines three helium nuclei (alpha particles) to make one carbon nucleus.
True Relative Orbit
The orbit of one star in a visual binary with respect to the other star after correction for orbital inclination.
This nuclear fusion reaction can occur rapidly only at temperatures above 100,000,000 kelvins and in stellar interiors having a high helium abundance.
An important nuclear fusion process that occurs in stars. Carbon-12 both initiates it and, following interactions with nuclei of nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, and other elements, reappears at its conclusion. [F88]
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The process of nuclear fusion is related to but different from the process of nuclear fission wherein large atoms are broken apart and the resulting pieces have less mass than the original atom.
thermonuclear fusion (SOHO Glossary - GSFC) The combination of atomic nuclei at high temperatures to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy. Thermonuclear fusion is the power source at the core of the Sun.
Scientist know that nuclear fusion could produce enough energy to sustain our world throughout the remainder of its existence, but no one has ever been able to produce controlled nuclear fusion. The key to fusions success is in control.
080 solar masses (13 to 80 Jupiter-masses): too small for normal nuclear fusion but big enough to fuse deuterium. Brown dwarfs are larger than planets but smaller than stars. C ...
All stars amaze, from the brightest to dimmest, all remarkable concentrations of matter that run -- or have run -- on some form of nuclear fusion that converts matter to energy. But some amaze more than others.
However, had Jupiter been 75 times more massive, it would just have been large enough for the pressures and temperatures at its core to ignite nuclear fusion, and the Earth would have had two Suns in our skies.
After billions of years of core nuclear fusion reactions converting hydrogen (H) to helium (He) whilst on the Main Sequence, the hydrogen supply in the core is exhausted and there is nothing left to counter the effects of gravity.
The high temperatures of the contracting core also produce gamma rays which smash the iron nuclei to bits, undoing in a tenth of a second all the nuclear fusion that went on before.
The source of this energy is apparently a very slow gravitational contraction of the entire planet rather than the nuclear fusion that powers the sun. Jupiter would have to be almost 80 times larger to have enough mass to ignite a nuclear furnace.
In 1989, the astronomers D'Alessio and Harms suggested that some of the deuterium in a comet entering the Earth's atmosphere may have undergone a nuclear fusion reaction, leaving a distinctive signature in form of carbon-14.
Brown dwarfs are failed stars which were never hot enough and massive enough to initiate nuclear fusion. The letters OBAFGKM are assigned to ordinary stars in order to classify their spectral type, with O being the hottest and M being the coolest.
A failed star which is not massive enough to ignite thermonuclear fusion in the core. According to stellar models, the maximum mass a brown dwarf can have is .
in astronomy, celestial body that is larger than a planet but does not have sufficient mass to convert hydrogen into helium via nuclear fusion as stars do.
For all the elements up to iron, nuclear fusion into heavier elements produces energy and so yields a small contribution to the balance inside the star between gravity and radiation.
Stars create their energy through the process of nuclear fusion. Fusion is the process in which light atoms combine to form heavier atoms, giving off excess energy in the process.
COULOMB BARRIER - Energy barrier due to electrostatic interaction that two nuclei need to overcome so they can get close enough to undergo nuclear fusion. This energy barrier is produced by electrostatic potential energy.
The Sun produces its energy by nuclear fusion - four hydrogen nuclei are fused to form single helium nuclei deep within the Sun's core. We have worked for decades to reproduce this process (in a controlled manner) here on Earth.
075 Solar mass limit for core thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen. The object radiates emits only 0.00015 percent as much visible light as Sol and so look dimmer than the full Moon from Earth if it replaced the Sun in the Solar System Ken Croswell, 2005.
The method by which the Sun shines is the process of nuclear fusion; converting atoms of hydrogen into helium. This method, which warms the Earth, causes the breeeze, and nourishes all life on Earth, is also the secret to the hydrogen bomb.
White Dwarfs are the remnants of stars that were massive enough to stay alive using nuclear fusion in their cores, but not massive enough to blow apart in a Type II supernova. When stars like our own sun die they will become white dwarfs.
All stars in our galaxy and in all galaxies use the process of nuclear fusion to create energy, light and heat.
Stars are limited in how small they can be, however; the high pressures and temperatures necessary for the nuclear fusion that drives a star requires a mass of at least 8 percent of the Sun's -- about 80 times the mass of Jupiter.
It requires extreme conditions to start the nuclear fusion. Those conditions still cannot be stably reproduced in laboratory on Earth.
If a star is above the Chandrasekhar's limit at the end of its life, outwardly it will appear like a red giant (see part 2) but inside its core will be shrinking and triggering nuclear fusion reactions.
However, as the cloud collapses, it does not form an object which is dense enough at its core to trigger nuclear fusion. The conversion of hydrogen into helium by nuclear fusion is what fuels a star and causes it to shine.
(from Greek planÄ"tes, “wanderers'), broadly, any relatively large natural body that revolves in an orbit around the Sun or around some other star and that is not radiating energy from internal nuclear fusion reactions.
The reaction that produces this fusing of atoms is called "nuclear fusion." Protons from hydrogen atoms are so close in the Sun that they "fuse" together. The tremendous energy that nuclear fusion in the Sun creates produces the Sun's light and heat.
Brown Dwarf - A star with too low a mass for nuclear fusion to begin in its core
C-type Asteroid - One of a class of very dark asteroids whose reflectance spectra show no absorption features due to the presence of minerals ...
At the high stellar core temperatures, atoms move so fast that they sometimes stick to other atoms when they collide with them, forming more massive atoms and releasing a great amount of energy. This process is known as nuclear fusion.
Nuclear powered spacecraft would use nuclear fusion (or possibly fission sometime in the future) to accelerate through space. This is a technology we are familiar with on earth but it also has its dangers.
Although this nuclear fusion is destroying 600 million metric tons of hydrogen each second, the sun is so massive (2 x 1030 kg, or 4.4 x 1030 lb) that it can continue to shine at its present brightness for 6 billion years.
Stars burn helium in a process called nuclear fusion, where helium atoms are fused together under enormous pressure and temperature to form helium. This process gives off an incredible amount of energy. Stars are very large.
This is not what goes on in nuclear power plants, and actually it is rather difficult to do even the simplest fusion reactions, which sort of explains why we have no nuclear fusion plants on the Earth.
 See also: Fusion, Light, Sun, Energy, Mass
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