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I was thinking that if very strong forces are required to hold the (double positively charged) helium nucleus together, how can it be that fusing two hydrogen nuclei together to make a helium one will result in the release of energy, since I assume there is no energy required to hold together a nucleus consisting of a single proton - or is there?
Any ideas?

Timwinner

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I think it depends on how dense the thing your fusing is, If its a greater (heavier) mass than Iron (used as a universal standard) it absorbs (compounds) energy, if its a lesser mass it releases (de stresses)
It would depend on the mass of the single proton....init.

But energy is required to hold everything together, In some form or another, you get me

what would scooby do

Strong force?

Dedrater

Nuclear fusion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

GarethE

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Blu - Tac ?

You should have asked this last Sunday, I photographed Lyn Evans the guy overseeing the Large Hadron Collider project earlier in the week, I could have asked him for you, although I probably wouldn't have understood the answer. Actually as the LHC isn't working at the moment, perhaps he doesn't know

J4CKO

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Residual Strong Force rings a bell.

SunnySideUp

I haven't a clue ................ the Nuclear Scientists I work with speak a different language (much like in the Technical Forums)

_Meridian_

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Actually the OP needs to be looking the Binding Energy Curve.


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finalzero

Bubble Gum, works for everything

bigsinky

nah man, arildite is the shizzle, ya git me