Nuclear Fusion and Fission, and Energy in Nuclear Equations Fusion | Fission The joining of small nuciel tagether | The splitting of large nuctel into to give larger ones smaller ones Uxample: Example: &+S—- & B--B-O-- jHe SLi "B SU on ‘eBa kr 3jn The balanced equation for nuclear fusion: 2 2 3 l A + — He + n 2 0 The balanced equation for nuclear fission:Element Name Proton Nucleon. Number Number Number Number ofproton —_—of neutron Hydrogen Hydrogen 1 1 1 0 Deuterium 1 2 1 xe Tritium 1 3 1 2 Oxygen Oxygen-16 8 16 8 8 Oxygen-17 8 v7 8 9 Oxygen-18 8 18 8 10 Carbon Carbon-12 6 12 6 Carbon-13 6 13 6 Carbon-14 6 14 6 8 Chlorine Chiorine-35 17 35 7 18 Chlorine-37 17 37 7 20 Sodium Sodium-23 11 23 i1 12 Sodium-24 11 24 11 13Number of | Number of peteny symbol Protons | Neutrons 2 H (deuterium) 1 1 Hydrogen 2H (titium) L 2 $He 2 1 Helium 4 3He 2 2 Berylium | 2Be 4 5 Boron 2B 5 5 2 Cc 6 6 Carbon Be 6 7 14 ec 6 8 +N 7 7 Nitrogen PN 7 8 16 20 8 8 Oxygen 30 8 9 18 #®o 8 10 Fluorine | 3°F 9 10 $Ne 10 10 Neon 23Ne 10 cea Ne 10 12