Which process would release energy from gold, fission or fusion? from carbon?

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Corinne Sanders

8 February, 14:02

Which process would release energy from gold, fission or fusion? from carbon?

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Alvin · Answer 1

The process that would release energy from gold is fission; while from carbon it would be fusion. Nuclear fission is the splitting of a heavy, unstable nucleus into two lighter nuclei, and nuclear fusion is the process where two light nuclei combine together releasing vats amounts of energy.