Fusing Iron

[OP No.10963675]

First of all, I'm an idiot and English isn't my native language, so please keep your answer(s) as simple as you can. Okay, moving on to the actual question: Can/could we fuse iron and how much energy does it take?

From what I understand is that when a massive star starts producing iron, it takes too much energy to fuse it and thus the pressure keeping the mass of the star from collapsing on itself vanishes. The resulting supernova can fuse heavy atoms into even heavier ones, all the way up to uranium and beyond.

Supernovas, however, are probably the most violently energetic things our known Universe has to offer. We're pretty good at fusing lighter elements together, but how much energy does it take to do the same to iron in comparison?

Pic: Hardtack Poplar, thermonuclear detonation, 9.3 MT.

[Anonymous No.10963691]

Wait. You want to make our sun go supernova? Or just the planet, as a sort of mini-nova?

[Anonymous No.10963696]

>>10963675

https://youtu.be/MmgMboWunkI

[OP No.10963834]

>>10963691

My dreams are all dead and buried, sometimes I wish the sun would just explode. When God comes and calls me to his kingdom, I'll take all you sons a' bitches when I go.

Let her blow!

>>10963696

Heavier elements are made in frickin' NEUTRON STAR COLLISIONS??!! Mind officially blown! I knew about LIGO, but nothing about that.

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So, what would it take to fuse two iron atoms together, since that isn't actually the way it happens in supernovae/neutron stars?

[OP No.10964344]

Anybody?

[Anonymous No.10964605]

>>10964344
You're a fucking schizo, no one wants to talk to you