The energy available from one kilogram of 235 U is 82 TJ. Energy is released when each

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The energy available from one kilogram of  235U is 82 TJ. Energy is released when each uranium nucleus splits, or fissions. (The fission process is described in §16, but you do not need to know anything about the process for this problem.) 235 grams of 235U contain approximately Avagadro’s number (see Problem 1.6) atoms of 235U. How many millions of electron volts (MeV) of energy are released, on average, when a 235U nucleus fissions? How many kilograms of gasoline have the same energy content as one kilogram of 235U?

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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