Please read the important information regarding these games at the bottom of the page.
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What is Fusion?When light nuclei are brought together to form a heavier nucleus (a process called fusion), energy is released. When a deuterium and a tritium nucleus fuse, a helium nucleus and a neutron are formed. The difference in mass between the initial and final states is transformed into an energy release of 17.6 MeV, 3.5 MeV per participating nucleon, corresponding to about 0.4% of the mass of the nuclei. The two nuclei in a fusion process must collide at very high speed to overcome the repulsion caused by the positive charges of the two nuclei.
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MLA style: "Energy from Matter". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2021. Web. 14 May 2021. <http://educationalgames.nobelprize.org/educational/physics/energy/fusion_1.html>
About the educational games
The educational games are based on Nobel Prize awarded discoveries and were produced between 2001 and 2012. The games have not been updated since production (including potential scientific facts changes) and are provided here on an 'as is' basis by popular demand.
Some of the games run using Ruffle without the need of any plugin, but most of the games still require Adobe Flash Player. Flash is an old technology that has reached end of life. These games will no longer work without a dedicated setup. If you are depending on these games in your profession, please advice your local IT support. We do not have the resources to provide support.
We are working on supporting other games using Ruffle as well. We also hope to publish a new version of the Blood typing game, our most popular game, in mid-2021.