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Website
Atomic Archive

Nuclear Fusion: The Hydrogen Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Atomic Archive - the online companion to the award-winning CD-ROM. This page (and the couple that follow from it) describe the use of fusion reactions in a hydrogen bomb. A schematic diagram of an H-bomb is given and discussed....
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Interactive
Vision Learning

Vision Learning: Nuclear Fusion

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive concept simulation demonstrates the nuclear fusion of deuterium and tritium inside a tokamak reactor.
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Graphic
US Department of Energy

Fus Ed Web: Physics of a Fundamental Energy Source

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource on nuclear fusion! Using incredible graphics and excellent discussion, this site (with its several pages) provides an exhaustive online course on the topic. Click on the link for "a Guided Tour" and begin.
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Handout
MadSci Network

Msn: What Happens in a Nuclear Reaction?

For Students 6th - 8th
From The Mad Scientist Network web site. Using a question and answer format, this page discusses three types of nuclear reactions - spontaneous decay reactions, nuclear fision reactions, and nuclear fusion reactions. Each reaction type...
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Handout
MadSci Network

Msn: What Regulates the Speed of Hydrogen Fusion?

For Students 6th - 8th
From the Mad Scientist Network web site. Using a question and answer format, this page describes the various types of fusion processes and the physical requirements needed for their initiation and sustenance. Factors affecting the rates...
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Handout
Atomic Archive

Atomic Archive: Nuclear Fusion

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Atomic Archive - the online companion to the award-winning CD-ROM. This page defines nuclear fusion and depicts the process by an informative diagram. Includes numerical values which describe the typical energy values for fusion...
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Handout
MadSci Network

Msn: What Is Required to Initiate a Fusion Reaction?

For Students 6th - 8th
From the Mad Scientist Network web site. Using a question and answer format, this page provides a thorough discussion of fusion reactions. Fusion and fission are compared and contrasted and the mechanisms which must occur to initiate and...