Comparison of the amount of energy released through chemical reactions and nuclear fission and fusion.

Comparison of the amount of energy released through chemical reactions and nuclear fission and fusion.

Nuclear reactions create more energy because in chemical reactions the law of conversation of energy is true for chemical reactions and it’s not true for nuclear reactions because it takes little energy to start a big reaction for nuclear reactions. Also nuclear reactions make more energy because the energy for nuclear reactions comes from when the mass is turned into energy. (Curran., Gregory L, 2004).

Chemical reactions release energy in two forms exothermic and endothermic. Exothermic is when energy is given off this requires only the activation energy. Endothermic is when energy is gained and need constant energy being put into the reaction. (Curran., Gregory L, 2004).

In Nuclear reactions energy is released in nuclear fission when two heavy elements collide to make a heavy element and creates a chain reaction which makes a ton of energy. But nuclear fusion releases even more energy then fission because the mass that’s turned into energy is much bigger then from a fission reaction. But fission is the only way nuclear energy is released to make energy to power things in our world this is because nuclear fusion can't be controlled yet and fission can be. Also both of these types of energy can be very dangerous because when they are uncontrolled they can make bombs. (princeton.edu, n,d)