Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear fusion is a type of nuclear reaction. In nuclear fusion, two or more than two lighter atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus. During this process, an enormous amount of energy is released. This energy is called nuclear energy. Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the sun and stars.
Fusion Bomb
A fusion bomb is also known as a thermonuclear bomb or hydrogen bomb which releases a large amount of explosive energy during a nuclear chain reaction when the lighter nuclei in it, combine to form heavier nuclei, and a large amount of radiation is released. It is an uncontrolled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction where isotopes of hydrogen combine under very high temperature to form helium. They work on the principle of operation of atomic fusion. The isotopes of Hydrogen are deuterium and tritium, where they combine their masses and have greater mass than the product nuclei, get heated at high temperatures, and releases energy.
Calculate nuclear volume of Nickel
Introduction:
The nuclear volume of the nickel can be calculated by once we know the radius of the nucleus and treating the shape of the nucleus as a sphere. The empirical formula for the radius of the nucleus is directly proportional to the number of nucleons. There are 28 protons and 30 neutrons in the nucleus of nickel atom. Thus, the total nucleons in the nickel atom are 58.
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