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This question relates to nuclear fusion.
Nuclear fusion (which should not be confused with nuclear fission) is a process in which atoms are combined to produce a new atom. This is a very different thing from a simple chemical reaction, and has a lot more energy involved.
For example, two hydrogen atoms can be combined to produce a helium atom, and when this happens, a very great amount of heat is released. Helium atoms can also be fused. In fact, every atom we have either is hydrogen, or was built by processes involving fusion at some point, in stars of long ago.
Part of the problem with this is that it takes a lot of heat and pressure to make hydrogen atoms fuse into helium. It is easy for a star, which has a lot of pressure and heat inside. But on Earth, doing it the same way would take more pressure than any physical container can hold at a temperature that would vaporize anything we can make things out of. And to make things even more difficult, we have to be able to put fuel in, and have to get more energy out than it takes to run the operation, which is difficult in this case.
But scientists are working on it. People are trying to build containment out of magnetic fields. There are other types of attempts also.
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Can helium be turned into hydrogen to produce energy?
No, energy is produced by the opposite reaction, hydrogen to helium
Through what kind of nuclear reaction does the sun produce energy?
Nuclear fusion is the process that occurs in the sun that produces energy. Hydrogen atoms are fused together to produce helium. As a result of that fusion, energy is released in the form of heat and light.
How does sun produce thermal energy?
The thermal energy in sun is produced due to the process of nuclear fusion in which two hydrogen atoms combine to form one helium atom.
How is helium which is produced by the conversion of hydrogen into energy related to the solar core?
Helium that is produced by the conversion of hydrogen into energy is related to the solar core in the sense that the conversion process produces energy captured in the core.
Which two forms of energy are we most familiar?
Helium and hydrogen
Can helium be turned into hydrogen to produce energy?
No, energy is produced by the opposite reaction, hydrogen to helium
Stars produce energy by fusing hydrogen into?
Helium atoms
Stars produce energy by fusing hydrogen into what?
The products of hydrogen fusion are helium and energy.
What does the sun consume to produce energy and helium?
Hydrogen! :)
How did polaris produce energy?
By thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium.
What is The main source of energy in red giants?
Both Hydrogen and helium to produce energy
How does nuclear fusion generate the suns energy?
The Sun energy is from hydrogen fusion.
How does the sun produce its own energy source?
fusion reaction of helium and hydrogen
During which stage do stars produce energy from the fusion of hydrogen into helium?
Main Sequence
Which process does the Sun use to produce energy?
The conversion of Hydrogen into Helium (nuclear fusion).
The stage in which stars produce energy through the fusion of hydrogen into helium?
main sequence
What energy has sun fusing hydrogen atoms in helium and release energy?
The sun's energy (and that of all other stars) comes from nuclear fusion. The nuclei of hydrogen atoms (ie protons) fuse together to produce helium and release energy.
