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Which of the fuels give enormous amount of energy?(a) Gaseous(b) Solid(c) Liquid(d) NuclearThis question was addressed to me in final exam.This interesting question is from Gaseous Fuels & Nuclear Fuels in section Steam Power Plant of Energy Engineering

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Right choice is (d) Nuclear

Easiest explanation: Nuclear fuels result in generation of enormous amount of energy by nuclear reactions namely fission and FUSION. In fission reactions, a heavy atom is split by NEUTRONS into two lighter fragments. In fusion reactions, two lighter atomic nuclei are fused together to form a SINGLE, heavy nucleus. In order to carry out nuclear reactions fissionable MATERIALS are USED as fuels.



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