Which of the reactions – the fission of heavy nuclei or the synthesis of light ones – are energetically more favorable for practical purposes?
October 25, 2020 | Education
| The most energetically efficient is the synthesis of helium nuclei from the nuclei of hydrogen isotopes (synthesis of lungs). The released energy per nucleon is 3.5 MeV, i.e. approximately 3.5 times more than in a nuclear fission reaction.
