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Fusion probability is greatly enhanced when appropriate nuclei are brought close together, but mutual Coulomb repulsion must be overcome. This can be done using the kinetic energy of high-temperature gas ions or by accelerating the nuclei toward one another.
(a) Calculate the potential energy of two singly charged nuclei separated by 1.00 × 10-12 m by finding the voltage of one at that distance and multiplying by the charge of the other.
(b) At what temperature will atoms of a gas have an average kinetic energy equal to this needed electrical potential energy?
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