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paradisa2012-05-23 11:20 am
needtoruleit) wrote in paradisa2012-05-23 11:20 am
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[Billy's on his way out of the library, arms overflowing with precariously-stacked books. Beside him, dressed in a tiny labcoat with a set of miniature welding goggles perched on her head, is a little blonde girl. She's doing her part, carrying the journal for her daddy, playing with the pages]
Okay... extremely high energy is required, so two or more protons can be brought close enough that nuclear forces overcome their electrostatic repulsi-- [and then a little voice cuts him off excitedly] --Fusion!
Very good! [he sounds so proud] Let's see... Ah, this one doesn't normally occur in nature.
Um... Fission!
Correct. How about a hydrogen bomb?
Fuuuuussion...
And which one produces many radioactive particles?
Oh, uh... Fusion?
[ah, he gives a little 'tsk'] Nope, that's fission.
Nuh-uh!
Yeah-huh. Fusion reactions themselves don't give off many radioactive particles, but if a fission 'trigger' is used, radioactive particles will result from that.
...Oh. [pouty.]
Okay... extremely high energy is required, so two or more protons can be brought close enough that nuclear forces overcome their electrostatic repulsi-- [and then a little voice cuts him off excitedly] --Fusion!
Very good! [he sounds so proud] Let's see... Ah, this one doesn't normally occur in nature.
Um... Fission!
Correct. How about a hydrogen bomb?
Fuuuuussion...
And which one produces many radioactive particles?
Oh, uh... Fusion?
[ah, he gives a little 'tsk'] Nope, that's fission.
Nuh-uh!
Yeah-huh. Fusion reactions themselves don't give off many radioactive particles, but if a fission 'trigger' is used, radioactive particles will result from that.
...Oh. [pouty.]