Q.No.194: - What nuclear reaction would release more energy, the fission reaction or the fusion reaction? Explain.

Q.No.194: - What nuclear reaction would release more energy, the fission reaction or the fusion reaction? Explain.

Ans: - Fusion reaction release more energy than fission. In a Hydrogen bomb two isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium are fussed to form a nucleus of helium and a neutron. This fusion releases 17.6MeV of energy. The energy per nucleon is much greater in fusion than in fission. In fission large nuclei break apart and create small ones.