How Does Fusion Produce Energy?

What exactly are the mechanisms holding atoms together and why does bringing them together create energy?

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[DrDeuteron]

it's confinement, not containment.

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[aiex]

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[PasiFourmyle]

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Your visualization is top-notch.

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[slamdunksam]

the most detailed, clear, well animated, in depth, video on fusion i have ever watched and somehow all the information has been fitted into 13 minutes!

[ronjon]

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[nighswimming]

This is the best explanation of fusion I've ever seen, and I've seen a few lectures about it over the years.

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[chrisng]

this is the most intuitive explanation I've seen. Love how the gluons (literal springs) break off to form pions

[wgoulding]

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[iveharzing]

Very well made video!
I feel like I'm finally starting to understand the Strong Force & Strong Nuclear Force.
The fact that the mediating particles have a limited lifespan being the reason that the Force is so short range, is something that I hadn't realised before, but now it makes a lot of sense!
I guess that's also why eventually (after Iron), the binding energy drops again, because the size of the nucleus becomes larger than the interaction length of the Strong Nuclear Force.

[codeofdestiny]

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[chloec.]

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[Supernoxus]

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