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Description	D-T fusion.svg Diagram illustrating deuterium-tritium fusion in three steps: 1. the D and T accelerating towards each other at thermonuclear speeds, 2. the creation of an unstable He-5 nucleus, 3. the ejection of a neutron and repulsion of the He-4 nucleus. My hope is that this form of representation will make fusion look less "magical" — that is, will get rid of the misconception that some sort of mysterious "bang" occurs releasing "energy", as many students have it. Instead I want it to be clear that the "energy" is released in the form of the velocities of the constiuent parts being thrown apart, which I think is a much easier thing for the non-scientifically inclined to visualize and makes it more straightforward (at no sacrifice to being scientifically accurate, as far as I know).
Date	08/03/2007
Source	Own work
Author	Panoptik
Permission (Reusing this image)	See below.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:47, 28 November 2009		532×582 (9 KB)	Wondigoma (Talk \| contribs)	(cleanup)
	00:12, 8 June 2008		553×613 (38 KB)	Mahahahaneapneap (Talk \| contribs)	(Compressed)
	14:53, 3 August 2007		553×613 (43 KB)	Panoptik (Talk \| contribs)	(ditto)
	14:53, 3 August 2007		553×613 (43 KB)	Panoptik (Talk \| contribs)	(fix some spacing)
	14:45, 3 August 2007		592×636 (43 KB)	Panoptik (Talk \| contribs)	(fix neutron font)
	14:44, 3 August 2007		592×636 (31 KB)	Panoptik (Talk \| contribs)	({{Information \|Description=Diagram illustrating deuterium-tritium fusion in three steps: 1. the D and T accelerating towards each other at thermonuclear speeds, 2. the creation of an unstable He-5 nucleus, 3. the ejection of a neutron and repulsion of the)