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Transcribed Image Text:Solution:
Conservation of momentum:
mad tmal—oa)=mnon+mu—0H)
Solve for VH:
Mn
VH -
-Vn (Eqn. 1)
MH
Conservation of energy (with positive Wnc):
2 (mav²) + Wnc = ½m v² + ½ mμv²
пс
Plug in for vд from (Eqn. 1):
2 (mana) +Wnc = = muốn tầm
Clean up:
mdv² + Wnc
=
Mn
mn +
MH
-) v²/2
½/ (m
Mn
MH
Un
2
.)²
Plug in masses of "particles" and Wnc:
(2.0147kg)v² + (3.96 × 10¹4 J) = (.6733kg)v

Transcribed Image Text:Nuclear Fusion Reaction
In a human-scale model of a nuclear fusion reaction,
two "deuterons" smash together head-on. Each has
a mass of 2.0147kg and is moving at speed vd.
The result is a "Helium-3 nucleus" (mass 3.0160kg)
and a separate "neutron" (mass 1.0090kg
пс
). Amazingly, this reaction produces a positive Wn
of 3.96 × 10 14 J -- by converting mass into kinetic
energy as predicted by Einstein's E = mc².
The "neutron" moves with a speed of un after the
reaction.
E
4
Vd
1.63×107
m
S
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