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Ahmad Saeedi Graduate Student Department of Physics,Western Illinois University,Macomb, IL 61455
Nuclear reaction Fission and Fusion
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Outline-History First: Nuclear Fission-Spontaneous Fission-Induced Fission-Process of fission-Chin reaction Second :Nuclear Fusion-Controlling Nuclear Fusion-Conclusion
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The Discovery of Fission
-In 1939, Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann announced that uranium nuclei "burst" when they are bombarded with
neutrons.
- For proving that the barium resulting from his bombardment of uranium with neutrons was the product of nuclear fission, Hahn was awarded the Nobal Prize for Chemistry in 1944 (the sole recipient) "for his discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei"
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A reaction in which an atomic nucleus of a radioactive element splits by bombardment from an external source (like neutrons), with simultaneous release of large amounts of energy, used for electric power generation.
Nuclear reaction
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Nuclear fission = nuclear reaction = radioactivity decay
First: Nuclear Fission
When atoms are bombarded with neutrons, their nuclei splits into 2 parts which are roughly equal in size.
Nuclear fission in the process whereby a nucleus, with a high mass number, splits into 2 nuclei which have roughly equal smaller mass numbers.
During nuclear fission, neutrons are released
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1- Spontaneous Fission
Some radioisotopes contain nuclei which are highly unstable and decay spontaneously by splitting into 2 smaller nuclei.
Such spontaneous decays are accompanied by the release of neutrons.
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2- Induced Fission
Nuclear fission can be induced by bombarding atoms with neutrons.
The nuclei of the atoms then split into 2 equal parts.
Induced fission decays are also accompanied by the release of neutrons.
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The Fission ProcessA neutron travels at high speed towards a uranium-235 nucleus.
The neutron strikes the nucleus which then captures the neutron.
The nucleus changes from being uranium-235 to uranium-236.
It then splits into 2 fission fragments and releases neutrons.
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In a typical example of nuclear fission, one neutron starts the fission of the uranium atom and three more neutrons are produced when the uranium fissions.
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Examples:
U235
92 +Ba141
56+ n1
03n
1
0 +Kr 92
36
U235
92 +Cs138
55+ n1
02n
1
0 +Rb 96
37
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Energy from Fission
Both the fission fragments and neutrons travel at high speed. The kinetic energy of the products of fission are far greater than that of the bombarding neutron and target atom.
EK before fission << EK after fission
Energy is being released as a result of the fission reaction.
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Energy Released
The energy released can be calculated using the equation:
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The amount of energy from Fission:
U235
92 +Cs138
55+ n1
02n
1
0 +Rb 96
37
Element Atomic Mass (u)235
92U
235.0439299
13855Cs 137.911016704
9637Rb 95.9342726371
0n 1.008664916
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Energy from Fission:
Calculate the total mass before and after fission takes place:
235.0439299 + 1.008664916 = 236.0525948 u
The total mass after fission (RHS of the equation):
137.911016704 + 95.934272637 + 2(1.008664916) = 235.8626192u
U235
92 +Cs138
55+ n1
02n1
0 +Rb 96
37
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The total mass before fission =
The total mass after fission =
Total mass before fission > Total mass after fission
236.0529548u
235.8626192u
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Mass difference m= Total mass before fission – Total mass after fission
m= LHS - RHS
m =236.0525948 – 235.8626192
m = 0.18997565 u
This reduction in mass results in the release of energy.
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A chain reaction is a self-sustaining reaction. A reaction event stimulates additional reaction events to keep the process going.
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If a chain reaction occurred in a chunk of pure U-235 the size of a baseball, an enormous explosion would likely result. In a smaller chunk of pure U-235, however, no explosion would occur.
A neutron ejected by a fission event travels a certain average distance before encountering another uranium nucleus.
If the piece of uranium is too small, a neutron is likely to escape through the surface before it “finds” another nucleus.
Fewer than one neutron per fission will be available to trigger more fission, and the chain reaction will die out
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Second :Nuclear FusionEnergy is released as light nuclei fuse, or combine, rather than split apart. This process is nuclear fusion.
Energy is released when heavy nuclei split apart in the fission process.
In nuclear fusion, energy is released when light nuclei fuse together.
A proton has more mass by itself than it does inside a helium nucleus.
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Nuclear Fusion
Atomic nuclei are positively charged.
For fusion to occur, they must collide at very high speeds to overcome electrical repulsion.
Fusion brought about by high temperatures is called thermonuclear fusion.
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Nuclear Fusion
In the central part of the sun, about 657 million tons of hydrogen are converted into 653 million tons of helium each second. The missing 4 million tons of mass is discharged as radiant energy.
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Think!First it was stated that nuclear energy is released when atoms split apart. Now it is stated that nuclear energy is released when atoms combine. Is this a contradiction?
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Think!First it was stated that nuclear energy is released when atoms split apart. Now it is stated that nuclear energy is released when atoms combine. Is this a contradiction?Answer: This is contradictory only if the same element is said to release energy by both the processes of fission and fusion. Only the fusion of light elements and the fission of heavy elements result in a decrease in nucleon mass and a release of energy.
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Controlling Nuclear Fusion
In the fusion reactions of hydrogen isotopes, most of the energy released is carried by the lighter-weight particles, protons and neutrons, which fly off at high speeds.
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Find the Energy released per fusion?
Element Atomic Mass (u)2
1H
2.01410178
31H 3.0160492
42H 4.00150617
10n 1.008664916
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The development of fusion power has been slow and difficult, already extending over 50 years.
It is one of the biggest scientific and engineering challenges that we face. Our hope is that it will be achieved and will be a primary energy source for future generations.
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Nuclear Fission Nuclear Fusion
Definition: It is the splitting of a large atom into two or more smaller ones.
It is the fusing of two or more lighter atoms into a larger one.
Natural occurrence of the process:
It reaction does not normally occur in nature. It occurs in stars, such as the sun.
Byproducts of the reaction: It produces many highly radioactive particles. Few radioactive particles are produced by fusion reaction, but if a fission "trigger" is used, radioactive particles will result from that.
Conditions: Critical mass of the substance and high-speed neutrons are required.
High density, high temperature environment is required.
Energy Requirement: Takes little energy to split two atoms in a fission reaction.
Extremely high energy is required to bring two or more protons close enough that nuclear forces overcome their electrostatic repulsion.
Energy Released: It is a million times greater than that released in chemical reactions; but lower than the energy released by nuclear fusion.
The energy released by fusion is three to four times greater than the energy released by fission.
•Difference between Fission and Fusion
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Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion reactions release huge amounts of energy.
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Acknowledgements:
Dr. S. Mallur physics department, Western Illinois University
www.wikipedia.org
http://www.atomicarchive.com
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Nuclear_Fission_vs_Nuclear_Fusion
Nuclear and Particle Physics, B.R. Martin