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NUCLEAR FUSION & NUCLEAR FISSION Noadswood Science, 2012

Nuclear Fusion  To understand nuclear fusion & fission Thursday, May 26, 2016

On-line Lessons: The Birth and Death of Stars What are Stars?  Stars are large balls of hot gas.  They look small because they are a long way away, but in fact many are bigger and brighter than the Sun.  The heat of the star is made in the centre by nuclear fusion reactions.  There are lots of different colours

The Birth and Death of Stars Stars are made (or “born”) in giant clouds of dust and gas.  Sometimes part of the cloud shrinks because of gravity.  As it shrinks it becomes hotter and when it is hot enough, nuclear reactions can start in the centre…..  … and A Star is Born!

The Birth and Death of Stars Watching stars being born The Bubble Nebula Here you can see the old dust and gas being blown away by the heat of the new star. v=9EnBBIx6XkM

The Birth and Death of Stars The Death of A Star When a star begins to exhaust its hydrogen supply, its life nears an end. The first sign of a star's old age is a swelling and reddening of its outer regions. Such an aging, swollen star is called a red giant. When all its fuel has been exhausted, a star cannot generate sufficient pressure at its center to balance the crushing force of gravity ghttps:// g

Nuclear Fusion  Why do stars shine?  Stars release energy as a result of fusing small nuclei such as hydrogen to form larger nuclei  The energy released by this process is vast – water contains lots of hydrogen atoms

Fusion Reactions  2 small nuclei release energy when they are fused together to form a single, larger nucleus  Energy must be supplied to create bigger nuclei

Nuclear Fusion & Stars  The Sun consists of about 75% hydrogen (H) and 25% helium (He)  The core is so hot that it consists of a ‘plasma’ of bare nuclei with no electrons – these nuclei move about and fuse together when they collide  When they fuse they release energy…

Nuclear Fusion & Stars  Nuclear fusion involves two atomic nuclei joining to make a large nucleus – energy is released when this happens  The Sun and other stars use nuclear fusion to release energy H H 2 1 He 3 2

Nuclear Fusion On Earth  It is technically very difficult to produce nuclear fusion on Earth  This temperature is needed because 2 nuclei approaching each other will try and repel each other (due to the positive charge) – move them fast enough (i.e. with temperature) then they will overcome this force of repulsion, and fuse

Nuclear Fusion On Earth  There are some experimental reactors, however the process is extremely complicated and currently they only work for a few minutes: -

Powerful Future  Practical fusion reactions could meet all our energy needs: -  The energy released could be used to then generate electricity

Hydrogen Bomb  A hydrogen bomb is a uranium bomb, surrounded by the H isotope  When the uranium bomb explodes it makes the surrounding hydrogen fuse and release even more energy – a single hydrogen bomb would destroy London 2 1

Hydrogen Bomb 

Nuclear Fission  Energy is released in a nuclear reactor as a result of nuclear fission  The nucleus of an atom of a fissionable substance splits into two smaller ‘fragment’ nuclei  This event can cause other fissionable nuclei to split, leading to a chain reaction of fission events

Splitting Atoms  Fission is another word for splitting (splitting a nucleus is called nuclear fission)  The nucleus splits into two smaller nuclei, which are radioactive  Two or three more neutrons are released  Some energy is released

Chain  The additional neutrons released may also hit other uranium or plutonium nuclei and cause them to split – even more neutrons are then released, which in turn can split more nuclei  This is called a chain reaction – in nuclear reactors the chain reaction is controlled, stopping it going too fast

Chain Reaction Krypton Barium n n n n Uranium More decays