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3 years ago

Why is fission not an important energy source in the Sun?

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lilavasa [31]3 years ago

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Answer:

Explanation:

Nuclear Fission -

The process of the splitting of atom , by radioactive decay process or by any collisional impact .

Sun contains many radioactive isotopes like , thorium , uranium , etc .

The nuclear fission process is an intrinsic property of the radioactive nuclides.

Nuclear Fusion -

The process , where two or more than two atomic nuclei combines to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles .

The energy released in both the process is almost same ,

But on the surface of Sun , hydrogen is abundantly present , hence , hydrogen fusion is possible , so the dominant source of energy on the sun is Fusion .

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$\mathbf{v}(t) = A\,\omega \, \cos(\omega\, t)$ .

The acceleration of the mass at time $t$ would be:

$\mathbf{a}(t) = -A\,\omega^2\, \sin(\omega \, t)$ .

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$\begin{aligned} k &= -\frac{\mathbf{F}(t)}{\mathbf{x}(t)} \\ &= \frac{m\, A\, \omega^2\, \cos(\omega\cdot t)}{A \cos(\omega \cdot t)} \\ &= m \, \omega^2\end{aligned}$ .

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