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What is nuclear fusion?

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Ananya Juluri (Student, 10^th Grade)

Sangeetha Pulapaka (last edited 4 years ago) (Expert, Educator @Qalaxia)

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.

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KARMVIR UPPAL (last edited 4 years ago) (Student, 9^th Grade)

Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei are combined to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles.