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Half-Life

Question 3 • Foothill-B Period-Chemistry-26/27B

Have high activation energies:

Answer
A
nuclear fission
B
nuclear fusion
C
both

Explanation

Nuclear fusion requires nuclei to get close enough to overcome the electrostatic repulsion between their positive charges, so it has a high activation-energy barrier. Nuclear fission can be triggered by absorbing a neutron and does not generally require this high-energy collision. Therefore, the correct choice is nuclear fusion.

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