Can we perform nuclear fusion?
Normally, fusion is not possible because the strongly repulsive electrostatic forces between the positively charged nuclei prevent them from getting close enough together to collide and for fusion to occur.
Why Nuclear fusion is not possible in laboratory?
Nuclear fusion is not possible in laboratory as it is performed in high temperature. This cannot be attained in the laboratory.
What are the similarities between nuclear fission and fusion?
The main difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion is that nuclear fission means splitting of a nucleus of an atom into two or more smaller parts. Nuclear fusion means the fusing of two or more lighter atomic nuclei to form a new type of atomic nucleus.
Which is more powerful, nuclear fission or fusion?
Fusion is the process that involves squishing the lighter atoms together to produce one large atom . The lightest of all atoms is hydrogen. When atomic fusion is caused using hydrogen it can have devastating effects. The hydrogen bomb is a hundred times more powerful than any nuclear reaction caused by fission.
Is nuclear fusion more dangerous then nuclear fission?
Nuclear fusion is safer than nuclear fission. Whereas a fission reactor has about ten years worth of fuel in it, gradually growing more and more toxic over time. So the amount that can be released in a most catastrophic imaginable accident is huge. Secondly, the products of fusion are few and safe.
Does nuclear fusion or fission create the most energy?
The energy per event is greater (in these examples) in fission, but the energy per nucleon (fusion = about 7 MeV/nucleon, fission = about 1 Mev/nucleon) is much greater in fusion. Fission releases the energy of the electromagnetic force when positively charged parts of the nucleus fly away from one another.