The reaction 2H + 2H --> n + 3He (where n is a neutron) is one of the reactions useful for producing energy through nuclear fusion. (a) Assume the deuterium nuclei (2H) are at rest and use the atomic mass units of the masses in Appendix 8 to calculate the mass-energy imbalance in this reaction. (Note: You can use atomic masses for this calculation, because the electron masses cancel out.) This amount of energy is given up when this nuclear reaction occurs. (b) What percentage of the initial rest energy is given up?

The reaction 2H + 2H --> n + 3He (where n is a neutron) is one of the reactions useful for producing energy through nuclear fusion. (a) Assume the deuterium nuclei (2H) are at rest and use the atomic mass units of the masses in Appendix 8 to calculate the mass-energy imbalance in this reaction. (Note: You can use atomic masses for this calculation, because the electron masses cancel out.) This amount of energy is given up when this nuclear reaction occurs. (b) What percentage of the initial rest energy is given up?

Similar questions

What is the total kinetic energy of the decay products when an upsilon particle at rest decays to t+ + t- ?
Determine which of the following decays or reactions is not allowed and explain why. (a) p + p → p + π++Λ+-K0 (b) Λ → p + π0
In nuclear power plants, atoms are split apart to form smaller atoms releasing energy 20 in a process called nuclear fission. Calculate the electrical power that is released in one hour due to splitting 200 g of Uranium-235, taking the disintegration energy per event to be 208 MeV.
A particle of mass m, is fired at a stationary particle of mass mg, and a reaction takes place in which new particles are created out of the incident kinetic energy. Taken together, the product particles have total mass mg. The minimum kinetic energy the bombarding particle must have so as to induce the reaction is called the threshold energy. At this energy, the kinetic energy of the products is a minimum, so the fraction of the incident kinetic energy that is available to create new particles is a maximum. This condition is met when all the product particles have the same velocity and the particles have no kinetic energy of motion relative to one another. (a) By using conservation of relativistic energy and momentum and the relativistic energy-momentum relation, show that the threshold kinetic energy is [m- (m, + m,)*]c² K. min 2m, Calculate the threshold kinetic energy for each of the following reactions: (b) p + p → p + p + p + p (one of the initial protons is at rest, and…
What is β for a particle with (a) K = 5.29 E0 and (b) E = 5.29 E0?