What is the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear

Chapter 31, Problem 6MCQ

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What is the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?

(a) Nuclear fission is used for bombs; nuclear fusion is used in power plants.

(b) There is no difference. Fission and fusion are different names for the same physical phenomenon.

(c) Nuclear fission refers to using deuterium to create a nuclear reaction.

(d) Nuclear fusion occurs spontaneously, as happens to the \(C^{14}\) used in carbon dating.

(e) In nuclear fission, a nucleus splits; in nuclear fusion, nucleons or nuclei and nucleons join to form a new nucleus.

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