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Problem 5 : The Sun is mainly composed at 7 3 . 5 % by hydrogen and at 2 4 . 9 % by helium

Problem 5: The Sun is mainly composed at 73.5% by hydrogen and at 24.9% by helium (mass percentage). Its total mass is MS=1.99*1030kg. Its energy comes in majority from the following nuclear fusion reactions:
?11H+?11Hlongrightarrow12H+e++
u,
?11H+?12Hlongrightarrow23He+,
?23He+?23Helongrightarrow24He+?11H+?11H.
These three reactions can be condensed in one:
411Hlongrightarrow24He+2e++2
u.
(a) How many hydrogen nuclei are inside the Sun (suppose all the hydrogen nuclei are ?1H isotope).
(b) Using its Q energy given in lecture, what is the total energy produced by the Sun from now until its end of life - when all the hydrogen fuel will disappear.
(c) Knowing the Sun can still live 5 billion years more (5 Gy: 5 giga-years), what is the energy per second (power) produced by the Sun? Compare it with the typical energy released by one hydrogen bomb of 1 megaton.
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