Inertial or magnetic confinement of deuterium and tritium could be used to accomplish this on Earth, and the CNO cycle and proton-proton chain perform this in stars by converting hydrogen into helium.
This process creates a carbon atom in the triple alpha process. Inertial or magnetic confinement of deuterium and tritium could be used to accomplish this on Earth, and the CNO cycle and proton-proton chain perform this in stars by converting hydrogen into helium. For 10 points, name this phenomenon in which energy is released when multiple atomic nuclei join together to form a single nucleus, often contrasted with fission.
This process creates a carbon atom in the triple alpha process.
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