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The 97 pages that link to Nuclear fusion, each with the reason it gives.

• Radioactive decayCompared with: Fusion is a reaction between nuclei, not the spontaneous decay of one unstable nucleus.

• Superheavy elementNarrower topic: Fusion is the basic route used to assemble superheavy atoms in laboratories.

• Nuclear binding energyRelated: Fusion releases energy when the product is more tightly bound per nucleon than its reactants.

• Nuclear stabilityBroader topic: Fusion releases energy when its products are more tightly bound than its reactants.

• Atomic nucleusRelated: Fusion releases energy when the resulting nucleus is more tightly bound.

• Ernest RutherfordRelated: Rutherford’s work on nuclear reactions helped lay foundations for studying transformations inside nuclei.

• Nuclear weaponRelated: Fusion reactions provide much of the yield in thermonuclear weapons.

• OganessonNarrower topic: Oganesson was synthesized by fusing a calcium-48 nucleus with a californium-249 target.

• Nuclear reactionBroader topic: Fusion powers stars and is a candidate source of controlled terrestrial energy.

• Nuclear physicsRelated: It powers stars and shows how reactions among light nuclei release energy.

• Heavy-ion fusionNarrower topic: Heavy-ion fusion is a form of this broader reaction class.

• Proton–proton chainNarrower topic: The proton–proton chain is one specific set of fusion reactions.

• AstronomyRelated: Fusion powers stars and accounts for their energy output over immense timescales.

• Mass–energy equivalenceRelated: Fusion releases energy when the final nucleus has less mass than its ingredients.

• Stellar luminosityNarrower topic: Fusion supplies the energy that ultimately escapes a star as radiation.

• NihoniumRelated: Fusion of the projectile and target created compound nuclei of element 113.

• Hans BetheNarrower topic: Fusion supplied the physical mechanism behind Bethe’s explanation of stellar energy.

• Nuclear transmutationRelated: Fusion builds heavier elements by combining nuclei, often with a change in proton number.

• NucleosynthesisRelated: Fusion powers stars and builds nuclei up to the iron-group region.

• AstrophysicsRelated: Fusion powers stars and determines much of their luminosity and lifetime.

• Nuclear forceRelated: Fusion releases energy when the resulting nucleus gains binding from the nuclear force.

• UraniumCompared with: Fusion releases energy without relying on the uranium fission chain reaction.

• Wolf–Rayet starNarrower topic: Fusion builds the helium, carbon, and heavier layers that stellar winds can expose.

• NuclideRelated: Fusion creates new nuclides while releasing energy for some reactant combinations.

• Magnetic confinement fusionNarrower topic: It is the energy-producing reaction that confinement is designed to sustain.

• NucleonRelated: Fusion changes nucleon arrangements and powers stars and experimental fusion systems.

• SunNarrower topic: Fusion powers the Sun by converting hydrogen into helium.

• Castle BravoRelated: Fusion reactions in Bravo’s secondary stage supplied much of the test’s explosive energy.

• DeuteriumNarrower topic: Deuterium is a potential fusion fuel and a component of fusion research.

• Nuclear fuelRelated: Fusion fuels release energy by combining rather than splitting nuclei.

• UnunenniumNarrower topic: Element 119 could be formed when projectile and target nuclei fuse.

• Periodic table extensionNarrower topic: Fusion became the experimental route for building many elements beyond uranium.

• TritiumNarrower topic: Tritium links present fusion experiments to fuel supply, safety, and reactor design challenges.

• CNO cycleNarrower topic: The CNO cycle is one way stars release energy through fusion.

• Spontaneous fissionCompared with: Fusion builds heavier nuclei, opposite to the division characteristic of fission.

• TokamakNarrower topic: Tokamaks aim to sustain fusion reactions in a confined plasma.

• Transactinide elementNarrower topic: Heavy-ion fusion is the synthesis route behind many transactinide discoveries.

• Edward TellerNarrower topic: Fusion is the energy source the hydrogen bomb harnesses, unlike the fission reaction in its primary stage.

• Los Alamos National LaboratoryRelated: Laboratory researchers investigate fusion physics and its potential as an energy source.

• MoscoviumRelated: Moscovium was made by fusing calcium-48 projectiles with americium-243 targets.

• TennessineNarrower topic: Tennessine was made by fusing calcium-48 projectiles with berkelium-249 target nuclei.

• Margaret BurbidgeRelated: Fusion powers stars and builds many of the nuclei considered in the B2FH account.

• Strong nuclear forceRelated: Fusion releases energy when the resulting nucleus has greater binding per nucleon.

• Coulomb barrierNarrower topic: Overcoming or tunneling through the barrier allows nuclei to fuse.

• Thermonuclear weaponRelated: Fusion supplies a substantial share of the explosive yield.

• B2FH paperRelated: Fusion supplies stellar energy and builds elements up to the iron group.

• Ivy MikeNarrower topic: Fusion reactions supplied much of the energy released by the device.

• Mass defectRelated: Fusion releases energy when the product nucleus has a greater mass defect per nucleon.

• Radiative zoneRelated: Fusion supplies much of the energy that later crosses the radiative zone.

• CoperniciumRelated: Fusion of projectile and target nuclei can produce copernicium.