• Question: What is a fusion reaction?

    Asked by cold to Alex, Jools, Lynz, Matt, Rika on 14 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Matthew Dickinson

      Matthew Dickinson answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Fusion reaction is a process that happens when two or sometimes more nuclei (the centre or what is believed to be the centre of an atom) combine together; this forms an element that has a higher atomic number within it. This process releases a large amount of energy from it.

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