At the temperature range of ordinary fire or maybe even

tiyakexdw4

tiyakexdw4

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2022-05-15

At the temperature range of ordinary fire or maybe even ordinary boiling water, is the Coulomb potential between light atomic nuclei occasionally overcome to give way to fusion?
Basically, how are the nuclear fusion cross sections calculated and are they a function of temperature?

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arbotsck8sg

arbotsck8sg

Beginner2022-05-16Added 22 answers

1In principle, the answer should be yes. At any given temperature, the particles will have a distribution of speeds. Those in the tail of the distribution might have enough energy to fuse. However, the probability of this event would be extremely low because the number of particles with the required (high) energy is very low.
Nubydayclellaumvcd

Nubydayclellaumvcd

Beginner2022-05-17Added 5 answers

The temperature of boiling water is 370K, the temperature of fire in the range of around 1000-3000K. Fusion reactions won't occur until temperatures reach millions of K. While one can calculate fusion cross sections, the most reliable way is to measure them in an accelerator experiment. The energy of the beam can then be converted into a temperature which would produce collisions of the same energy.

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