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Inside stars in space, the nuclei of hydrogen atoms fuse together to form helium atoms. This represents which form of energy?

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User Dazz
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this is nuclear energy by fusion !!
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User DrHowdyDoo
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Step-by-step explanation:

When two small nuclei combine together to form a large nuclei then it is known as nuclear fusion.

When nuclei of two hydrogen atoms fuse together then it results in the formation of a helium atom along with the release of lot of energy. This energy is nuclear energy.

This nuclear reaction is as follows.


^(2)_(1)H + ^(3)_(1)H \rightarrow ^(4)_(2)He + ^(1)_(0)n + Energy

Thus, we can conclude that nuclear fusion represents nuclear energy.


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