What is the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?  Which one is used in our nuclear power plants?

Q: What is alpha decay?

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Q: Q6) Differentiate between Nuclear Fission and fusion?

A: Nuclear fission and fusion are source to create a tremendous source of energy.

Q: Explain the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?

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Q: ind the length of a side of a cube having a mass of 1.0 kg and the density of nuclear matter, taking…

A: Given,  mass, m = 1.0 kg density = 23 kg/m3 Volume, a3 length of side, a…

Q: What is isotope of helium, and what is the radioactive decay process of helium?

A: Step 1: Isotope: the different forms of element which has same number of proton but has different…

Q: What are common sources of background radiation?

A: There can be many sources of background radiation.

Q: How is chemical burning similar to nuclear fusion?

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Q: one-eighth of a radioactive element remains after 600 years, what is that elements half-life?

A: Let initial number of nucleus = No  remaining number of nucleus = N = No /8  Time taken t = 600…

Q: Using 2.3 x 1017 kg/m3 as the density of nuclear matter, find the radius of a sphere of such matter…

A: the formula to calculate the volume of the sphere is

Q: H + H → He +_+ energy Here is one of the most promising reactions in fusion. Complete the missing…

A: Option a is the right answer  0n1

Q: How is a strong nuclear force is transmitted between a proton and neutron?

A: Nuclear force: Nuclear force is one of the fundamental interaction. It is the strongest of all.…

Q: .    The half-life of Uranium-237 is 5.83 x 10^5 seconds. If you have a sample with 5.89 x 10^24…

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Q: As you will learn, carbon-14 (14C) is an unstable isotope of carbon. It has the same chemical…

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Q: The isotope carbon-14, 14/6C, is radioactive and has a half-life of 5 730 years. If you start with a…

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Q: A particular radioactive material was weighed exactly 1 year ago, showing a mass of 200 g. If the…

A: a) Calculate the decay constant. N(t)=Noe-λt λ=1tlnNoN Substitute the values. λ=1365 daysln200 g7.1…

Q: A human skeleton found at an archeological site is found to have on 1/10 the amount of Carbon-14 one…

A: Given, N= 1/10=0.1 No= 1 T= 5730years We know that, N= No(1/2)t/T

Q: What makes nuclear radiation so useful?

A: Nuclear radiation is energy that is released by elementary particles of the atomic nucleus caused by…

Q: A certain radioactive material has a half-life of 10 years. You have 80 kg of the material. After 10…

A: It is given that,

Q: What happens when one kilogram of uranium undergoes nuclear fission?

A: to find : what happens when 1 kg of Uranium undergoes nuclear fission

Q: A certain radioactive substance has 122,200 atoms with a half-life of 12 minutes. NOTE: This is a…

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Q: 17: A sample of U-235 started with 120 grams.  If the half-life of U-235 has a half-life of…

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Q: Why does nuclear fusion only happen at temperatures and pressures?

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Q: Describe briefly the process of nuclear fission, how it is initiated, how a chain reaction may be…

A: Nuclear energy is produced by the nuclear fusion reaction in the core. Uranium-235 and plutonium-239…

Q: The mass-energy equivalence formula is written as E = mc2. The equation illustrates that nuclear…

A: The mass-energy equivalence formula is written as E = mc2. The equation illustrates that nuclear…

Q: What kind of nuclear power is responsible for sunshine?

A: Reason for sunshine

Q: If a sample of a radioactive isotope has a half-life of 3 years, how much of the original sample…

A: The half-life of the sample = 3 years (a) That means, after every 3year the sample becomes half of…

Q: What is nuclear energy? Explain the working of a nuclear reactor? Provide three disadvantages of…

A: Nuclear energy Nuclear energy is defined as the energy stored in an atom's nucleus . The bonds that…

Q: Which produces more energy, the fissioning of a single uranium nucleus or the fusing of a pair of…

A: The energy released by the fusion of one uranium molecule is greater than the energy released by the…

Q: Carbon-14 is radioactive while Carbon-12 is stable.  In your body, the ratio of C-14 to C-12 is for…

A: Half-life is the time taken for a radioactive material to reduce into half of its initial value.…

Q: What is the major obstruction to nuclear fusion and why?

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Q: What is the strong nuclear force?

A: Define strong nuclear force. Definition: Strong nuclear force is an electromagnetic force which is…

Q: Explain how radioactive decay has always warmed Earth from the inside and how nuclear fusion has…

A: The Centre of the earth is metallic. Metals such as uranium are undergoing radioactive decay.

Q: What happens when Uranium-238 undergoes alpha decay and then beta decay?   Uranium-238 ->

A: Alpha decay: 92238U → 90234Th + H24e Beta decay: T90234h → P91234a + β-10

Q: reaction

A: Most of the helium in the universe today was formed through the big bang explosion in the universe.…

Q: What are the pros and cons of nuclear fusion?

A: Nuclear fusion:-  We know that Nuclear fusion is defined as when the two or more light [small ]…

Q: Using 2.3 × 1017 kg/m3 as the density of nuclear matter, find the radius of a sphere of such matter…

A: The equation for the density is given by,