Fusion nuclear reactions

Q. What type of nuclear reaction — fusion or fission — would you expect plutonium-239 to undergo, and why ... 

Pulsed plasmas containing hydrogen isotopes can produce bursts of alpha particles and neutrons as a consequence of nuclear reactions. The neutrons are useful for radiation-effects testing and for other materials research. A dense plasma focus filled with deuterium at low pressure has produced 10 neutrons in a single pulse (76) (see Deuterium AND TRITIUM). Intense neutron fluxes also are expected from thermonuclear fusion research devices employing either magnetic or inertial confinement. 

It has been claimed that the D-D fusion reaction occurs when D2O is electroly2ed with a metal cathode, preferably palladium, at ambient temperatures. This claim for a cold nuclear fusion reaction that evolves heat has created great interest, and has engendered a voluminous titerature filled with claims for and against. The proponents of cold fusion report the formation of tritium and neutrons by electrolysis of D2O, the expected stigmata of a nuclear reaction. Some workers have even claimed to observe cold fusion by electrolysis of ordinary water (see, for example. Ref. 91). The claim has also been made for the formation of tritium by electrolysis of water (92). On the other hand, there are many experimental results that cast serious doubts on the reahty of cold fusion (93—96). Theoretical calculations indicate that cold fusions of D may indeed occur, but at the vanishingly small rate of 10 events per second (97). As of this writing the cold fusion controversy has not been entirely resolved. 

When 10% of the hydrogen in the core has been consumed gravitational contraction again occurs until at a temperature of 2 X 10 K helium burning (fusion) can occur. This is followed by a similar depletion, contraction and temperature rise until nuclear reactions involving... 

In fact, the sun is not a first-generation main-sequence star since spectroscopic evidence shows the presence of many heavier elements thought to be formed in other types of stars and subsequently distributed throughout the galaxy for eventual accretion into later generations of main-sequence stars. In the presence of heavier elements, particularly carbon and nitrogen, a catalytic sequence of nuclear reactions aids the fusion of protons to helium (H. A. Bethe... 

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In a nuclear reaction of the type called nuclear fusion, two nuclei come together to form a larger nucleus. For example, deuterium nuclei,... 

One fusion scheme uses deuterium (D) and tritium (T) in the following sequence of nuclear reactions ... 

Palladium hydride is a unique model system for fundamental studies of electrochemical intercalation. It is precisely in work on cold fusion that a balanced materials science approach based on the concepts of crystal chemistry, crystallography, and solid-state chemistry was developed in order to characterize the intercalation products. Very striking examples were obtained in attempts to understand the nature of the sporadic manifestations of nuclear reactions, true or imaginary. In the case of palladium, the elfects of intercalation on the state of grain boundaries, the orientation of the crystals, reversible and irreversible deformations of the lattice, and the like have been demonstrated. 

The nuclear generation processes in stars, however, do not follow simple fusion of nuclei one at a time. There are preferential networks of nuclear reactions called cycles that produce different atomic nuclei, but only some cycles are triggered in heavier stars. 

Neutrino deficit Subatomic particles predicted to be released by the nuclear reactions on the Sun and should be detected on Earth. The number of neutrinos observed on Earth is much less than predicted by the models of solar nuclear fusion. 

Fusion A nuclear reaction in which smaller atomic nuclei or particles combine to form larger ones with the release of energy from mass transformation. 

Our goal in this chapter is to help you learn about nuclear reactions, including nuclear decay as well as fission and fusion. If needed, review the section in Chapter 2 on isotopes and the section in Chapter 13 on integrated rate laws which discusses first-order kinetics. And just like the previous nineteen chapters, be sure to Practice, Practice, Practice. 

Helium is also the result of fusion reactions wherein the nuclei of heavy hydrogen are fused to form atoms of hehum. The result is the release of great amounts of energy. Fusion is the physical or nuclear reaction (not chemical reaction) that takes place in the sun and in thermonuclear weapons (e.g., the hydrogen bomb). 

Ununpentium is also known as eka-bismuth because it is homologous to the element bismuth located at the bottom of Group 15 (VA). Its melting point, boihng point, and density are unknown as are many of its other properties. Several isotopes of element 115 were produced by the nuclear reaction that bombarded calcium into a target americium, resulting in the fusion of the calcium nuclei with the americium nuclei to form isotopes of element 115 (ununpentium). 

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