Chapter 24, Problem 24.77P

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Energy released (in joules) when $1.5\text{ mol Pu}$ gets decayed has to be determined where each nucleus gives $5.243\text{ MeV}$ of energy during decaying.

Concept Introduction:

Nuclear binding energy: It is the energy that requires for the breaking one mole of nuclei of an element to its individual nucleons.

Unit conversion:

$1\text{ MeV = }\left({\text{10}}^6\text{ eV}\right)\left(\frac{1.602\times {10}^{-19}\text{ J}}{1\text{ eV}}\right)$