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Msn: What Is Required to Initiate a Fusion Reaction?

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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 sustain a nuclear fusion reaction are explained.

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Concepts
decay, fission, hydrogen, fusion
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binding energy, bombardment, deuterium, deuterium fuel, deuterium fusion, fuse, heavy hydrogen, heavy water, hydrogen fusion, neutron activated, nuclear, nuclear change, nuclear particles, nuclear physics, nuclear reactions, nucleus, protium, tritium, einstein, neutron
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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