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Slide__w6tcUKObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_footer=Source\: Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), Garching
Slide__w6tcUKObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_subTitle=As with nuclear fission, the fusion energy results from a tiny mass difference between initial and final products, the "mass defect". <p></p> <p>The amount of binding energy released this way corresponds to Einstein's energy equivalent of mass.</p> <p>The binding energy of atomic nucleons shows a minimum for iron; therefore energy gain is possible for heavy nuclei by fission, but for light ones by fusion.</p>
Slide__w6tcUKObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title="Mass defect"<p></p>