{"id":11,"date":"2023-05-22T21:24:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2023-05-22T23:14:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T23:14:57","slug":"what-is-fusion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/what-is-fusion\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Fusion?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In nuclear science and engineering, there are two primary forms of reactions. These two types are fission and fusion. Fission is the more commonly known reaction in which a heavy nuclei is impacted by a neutron, causing it to split into smaller nuclei. The &#8216;splitting of the atom&#8217; releases a notable amount of energy. Fusion, on the other hand, is when<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;two light&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/science\/doe-explainsnuclei\">nuclei<\/a><a>&nbsp;<\/a>merge to form a single heavier nucleus. The process releases energy because the total mass of the resulting single nucleus is less than the mass of the two original nuclei.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>&#8211; Matthew Lanctot, Department of Energy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fission vs. Fusion: What\u2019s the Difference?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2W-GEE6YU4M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2W-GEE6YU4M\">Fission vs. Fusion<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6984\/files\/2023\/05\/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62\" width=\"451\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6984\/files\/2023\/05\/image-16.png 861w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6984\/files\/2023\/05\/image-16-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6984\/files\/2023\/05\/image-16-768x524.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/science\/doe-explainsnuclear-fusion-reactions#:~:text=In%20a%20fusion%20reaction%2C%20two,The%20leftover%20mass%20becomes%20energy.\">Fusion reaction using Deuterium and Tritium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>References <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lanctot, Matthew. \u201cDoe Explains&#8230;Nuclear Fusion Reactions.\u201d <em>Energy.Gov<\/em>, www.energy.gov\/science\/doe-explainsnuclear-fusion-reactions#:~:text=In%20a%20fusion%20reaction%2C%20two,The%20leftover%20mass%20becomes%20energy. Accessed 22 May 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Office of Nuclear Energy. \u201cFission and Fusion: What Is the Difference?\u201d <em>Energy.Gov<\/em>, 1 Apr. 2021, www.energy.gov\/ne\/articles\/fission-and-fusion-what-difference#:~:text=Fission%20occurs%20when%20a%20neutron,amount%20of%20energy%20is%20released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fusion reaction using Deuterium and Tritium References Lanctot, Matthew. \u201cDoe Explains&#8230;Nuclear Fusion Reactions.\u201d Energy.Gov, www.energy.gov\/science\/doe-explainsnuclear-fusion-reactions#:~:text=In%20a%20fusion%20reaction%2C%20two,The%20leftover%20mass%20becomes%20energy. Accessed 22 May 2023. Office of Nuclear Energy. \u201cFission and Fusion: What Is the Difference?\u201d Energy.Gov, 1 Apr. 2021, www.energy.gov\/ne\/articles\/fission-and-fusion-what-difference#:~:text=Fission%20occurs%20when%20a%20neutron,amount%20of%20energy%20is%20released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12877,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}