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- 5. the field of physics that studies the constituents and interactions of atomic nuclei.
- 7. weapon design that uses the heat generated by a fission bomb to compress and ignite a nuclear fusion stage.
- 8. the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity.
- 9. Coulomb's law s a law of physics describing this
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- 1. the force between two or more nucleons
- 2. the quantum mechanical phenomenon where a particle tunnels through a barrier that it classically could not surmount
- 3. chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1
- 4. power generated by nuclear fusion processes
- 6. The process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity.
- 10. any materials that store potential energy in forms that can be practicably released and used as heat energy.