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Binding energy and Transmutation

Binding energy and Transmutation. Practice Problems 3.26.13 WebAssign is due Monday, 4/1/13 (no, that’s not a joke…). #1. A nuclear reactor converts 2.5 kg of uranium fuel pellets to energy every hour. How much energy would be produced by this reactor in a 10-hour time period?. #2.

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Binding energy and Transmutation

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  1. Binding energy and Transmutation Practice Problems 3.26.13 WebAssign is due Monday, 4/1/13 (no, that’s not a joke…)

  2. #1 • A nuclear reactor converts 2.5 kg of uranium fuel pellets to energy every hour. How much energy would be produced by this reactor in a 10-hour time period?

  3. #2 • What is the binding energy of a Krypton-92 nucleus? The measured mass of Krypton-92 is 91.926153 u.

  4. #3 • Determine the binding energy per nucleon for Uranium-235. The measured mass of Uranium-235 is 235.043923 u.

  5. #4 • During a nuclear transmutation, 2.50 MeV of energy was released. What was the mass defect for this reaction?

  6. #5 • Given that the atomic mass of Nickel-62 is measured to be 61.928348 u, determine: • A) the total binding energy And • B) the binding energy per nucleon For a Nickel-62 nucleus.

  7. #6 • Energy released in a decay reaction will be equal to the difference between the total energy of the parent nucleus and the total energy of the decay products (daughter product and decay particle). • Determine the energy released during the alpha-decay of Radium-226.

  8. #7 • Given that the mass of Carbon-14 is measured to be 14.003242 u, and the measured mass of nitrogen-14 is 14.003074 u, How much energy is released per atom when Carbon-14 undergoes beta- decay? How much total energy is released when 1 mol of Carbon-14 undergoes beta- decay? (remember beta- decay involves releasing an electron…)

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