04232 IUPAC Gold Book - nuclear fusion reaction 10.1351/goldbook.N04232 N04232 current synonym: nuclear fusion 1 A reaction between two light nuclei resulting in the production of a nuclear species heavier than either initial nucleus. nucleus https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/N04256 PAC, 1982, 54, 1533. 'Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional)' on page 1543 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198254081533) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/N04232/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/N04232/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/N04232/plain Citation: 'nuclear fusion reaction' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.N04232 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-04-19T05:41:03+00:00