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Question 4
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Stars are formed from interstellar material. Describe how a star of similar mass to our Sun is formed from a nebula.

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Commercial nuclear power stations use nuclear fusion rather than nuclear fusion to generate electricity.

This graph shows how the probability of a nuclear fusion reaction changes with core temperature (in million Kelvin):

Probability of nuclear fusion against core temperature

Using the graph and your scientific knowledge, compare the nuclear processes of fission and fusion, and explain why commercial power stations currently only use nuclear fission.

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