Click Reset. Select the Gas collection setup. Chemists use this apparatus to collect any gases produced in the reaction. From the reaction flask, gases travel through a long tube and into a cylinder of water. As gases bubble into the cylinder, the water is displaced (removed) until the cylinder is filled with gas. Click Play and observe the cylinder. Was any gas produced in the reaction?

answer is: nuclear fusion produces elements that are heavier than helium.

nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus, releasing energy.  

for example, fusion of hydrogen atoms at the sun.  

this fusion nuclear reaction is in the inner core of the sun and hydrogen (atomic number 1) is conveted into helium (atomic number 2).  

the inner core is the central region of the sun and all solar energy is produced in the core by nuclear fusion.