Q. 27 A3.8( 10 Votes )
Differentiate between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.
Answer :
Both fission and fusion are nuclear reactions that produce energy, but the applications are not the same. Fissions the splitting of a heavy, unstable nucleus into two lighter nuclei, and fusion is the process where two light nuclei combine together releasing vast amounts of energy.
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