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'''Hydrogen fusion''' is an instance of [[nuclear fusion]], where the nuclei of multiple Hydrogen atoms combine to form the nucleus of a [[Helium]] atom.
'''Nuclear fuction''' is a process in which small atomic nuclei fuse and release energy. In a hydrogen bomb, fusion of deuterium and tritium (two isotopes of hydrogen) releases four times as much energy as the same mass of uranium in a fission bomb.
 
Hydrogen nuclei do fuse naturally, under conditions of very intense pressure and heat, such as in the core of a star like [[Sol]], Earth's sun.
 
Heavier elements will also fuse, under even more intense pressure and heat.  But Hydrogen fusion releases much more energy than the energy released by Helium, [[Carbon]], and other relatively light elements.  This is why stars rely on Hydrogen fusion for most of their luminous period.
 
[[Hydrogen bomb]]s also rely on Hydrogen fusion, for their destructive power.  At the heart of every Hydrogen bomb there is a fission bomb, and the explosion of that fission bomb generates the intense pressure and heat to trigger the fusion of [[Deuterium]], the isotope of Hydrogen where the nuclei has both a [[proton]] and a [[neutron]].

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Nuclear fuction is a process in which small atomic nuclei fuse and release energy. In a hydrogen bomb, fusion of deuterium and tritium (two isotopes of hydrogen) releases four times as much energy as the same mass of uranium in a fission bomb.

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