Thanks, Ken Black and wiseGeek, for sharing knowledge with the world, and in nice simple terms that even an Arts graduate can understand. Best wishes from a far corner of the world. Denis Byanon74386— On Apr 01, 2010 What is main use of nuclear fusion and fission?
Nuclear fusion is the reaction that churns at the hearts of stars, in which two light atomic nuclei merge into a single heavier nucleus. Fusion produces very little nuclear waste, and no greenhouse gas emissions, which means it has long been touted as a potential clean alternative to conventio...
A U.S. lab has successfully sparked a fusion reaction that released more energy than went into it. But there’s still a long way to go toward fusion as a clean energy source.
Today’s nuclear reactors have a big mess to clean up, thanks to fission. By splitting heavy atoms, fission leaves behindradioactive waste. What to do with that nuclear waste for millions of years to come is an environmental nightmare that the US stillhasn’t figured out. Fusion doesn’t ...
Nuclear Fusion reactions power the Sun and other stars. In a fusion reaction, two lightnucleimerge to form a single heavier nucleus. The process releases energy because the total mass of the resulting single nucleus is less than the mass of the two original nuclei. The leftover mass becomes ...
In nuclear fission, an atom splits to form two more atoms. At the same time, a neutron is released. The sum of the new atoms' masses and the neutron's mass are less than the mass of the initial atom. Where did the missing mass go? It was released in the form of heat - kinetic...
Each proton in the nucleus of an atom has a tiny positive charge (electricity that stays in one place). We say it has a charge of +1 to make everything simple (in reality, a proton's charge is a long and complex number: +0.00000000000000000016021892 C, to be exact!). Neutrons have ...
1. What purpose does salt bridge serve in a voltaic cell? 2. Solutions in Half-Cells? 3. How do you make electrolytic cells react? Briefly describe how nuclear fission is different from nuclear fusion and how fusion produces energy...
Which of the following processes contributes directly to genetic variation? A. binary fission B. mitosis C. meiosis Can you clone somatic cells through nuclear transfer? What is the purpose of the surrogate mother in cloning? What process restores the chromosome number?
The only way to change one element into another is to use a nuclear reaction. Innuclear fission, a heavy element with many protons and neutrons is split into lighter elements. In nuclear reactors, the element uranium is split by collisions with free neutrons that release energy. Innuclear fusi...