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Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion

Question 12 • Foothill-B Period-Chemistry-26/27B

Have high activation energies:

Answer
A
nuclear fission
B
nuclear fusion
C
both

Explanation

Nuclear fusion has a high activation energy because positively charged nuclei repel one another, so they need very high temperatures and energies to get close enough to fuse. Nuclear fission can be triggered by a neutron and does not generally require overcoming the same kind of high energy barrier. Therefore, the correct choice is nuclear fusion.

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