The probability of nuclear fusion is greatly enhanced when the appropriate nuclei are brought close together, but their mutual coulomb repulsion must be overcome. This can be done using the kinetic energy of high temperature gas ions or by accelerating the nuclei toward one another. Calculate the potential energy, in joules, of two singly charged positive ions separated by 0.75 × 10–15 m by finding the electric potential that one of them creates at that distance and multiplying it by the charge of the other

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The probability of nuclear fusion is greatly enhanced when the appropriate nuclei are brought close together, but their mutual coulomb repulsion must be overcome. This can be done using the kinetic energy of high temperature gas ions or by accelerating the nuclei toward one another. 

 

 Calculate the potential energy, in joules, of two singly charged positive ions separated by 0.75 × 10–15 m by finding the electric potential that one of them creates at that distance and multiplying it by the charge of the other. 

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charge on each ion = +1 e distance between two ions (d)= 0.75×10-15 m 

 

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