The largest fusion bomb ever detonated (called the Tsar Bomba) was tested by the Soviet Union in

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The largest fusion bomb ever detonated (called the Tsar Bomba) was tested by the Soviet Union in 1961. The explosion from the device shown in Figure P30.48 released an energy of approximately 2.4x1017J. 

(a) How many grams of matter were converted to energy? 

(b) If this bomb used the deuterium– deuterium fusion reaction (Example 30.7), how many grams of deuterium were required?


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