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More specifically, if their nuclei get "welded together". Otherwise, it is just a chemical reaction.
Fusion is the combining of atoms of one element to produce another, with electromagnetic and ionising-particle radiation as by-products depending on what atoms are involved. It's the only way in which elements can be produced.
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Can fusion occur when atoms get weld together?
yeah
When does nuclear fusion occur?
nuclear fusion is not a natural occurrence, it is when two atoms are fused together
What is fusion as opposed to fission and why does it need high temperatures and fast speeds?
Fusion is putting together (atoms ... usually hydrogen atoms), Fission is the breaking apart of atoms. And fusion requires high energy to occur because it requires the nucleus of atoms to touch (collide) - not an easy thing to do (basically impossible using only chemical energy).
What process has occur when atoms combine to a new element and released?
fusion
Where does atomic fusion come from?
I'm not sure what you are asking, but atomic fusion is a process by which two atoms are forced together to form one larger atom. This is the process that drives the sun where it is mostly fusing two hydrogen atoms into one helium atom. Fusion reactions can also occur here on Earth in a hydrogen bomb explosion or in a particle accelerator where atoms are smashed together at great velocity and occasionally stick together to form new atoms. This is basically the process by which transuranic elements are created.
What is nuclear fusion on the sun and where does it occur?
nuclear fusion is when 2 hydryon atoms combine or FUSE together. when this happens the neculous combine therefore causing nuclear fussion which releaces masses of heat and light enegry that radiates to earth
How does the sun get produce its energy?
The sun and other stars are hot enough and dense enough at their cores for nuclear fusion to occur. Hydrogen atoms fuse together into helium atoms, releasing a tremendous amount of energy in the process.
How does hydrogen fusion occur?
When two hydrogen atoms fuse to become one helium atom.
What conditions cause nuclear fusion to occur?
Nuclear fusion is caused by a huge amount of energy being absorbed by two atoms that are close to each other and they fuse, or under go fusion to give of that energy. The byproduct of the process is roughly equivalent to the amount of energy that was absorbed by the original two or more atoms.
How can temperature either help fusion to occur or prevent fusion from occurring?
How can temperature either help fusion to occur or prevent fusion from occurring?
Can fision occur in a star?
Not typically. When a star burns it starts with fusion of Hydrogen. Later heavier atoms are formed, also by fusion. It is believed that the very heavy atoms, that release energy when split (fission) are only formed by very massive stars . These atoms are also formed by fusion. When one of these very massive stars explodes (super nova) it spews out its atoms and during this process its possible some fission will occur, but for the most part star evolution is a fusion story.
What are atoms held together by a atratction between what?
The electrostaic attraction between atoms (a metal and a nonmetal) occur in ionic compounds.
