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Problem43 41

1) The nuclear reaction is 12H + 94Be → 73Li + 42He. 2) The calculated mass defect is 7.678 × 10-3 u and the calculated energy released is 7.152 MeV. 3) The threshold energy, taken as the potential energy when the reactants just touch, is calculated from the radii of 12H and 94Be and is 1.4 MeV.

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Problem43 41

1) The nuclear reaction is 12H + 94Be → 73Li + 42He. 2) The calculated mass defect is 7.678 × 10-3 u and the calculated energy released is 7.152 MeV. 3) The threshold energy, taken as the potential energy when the reactants just touch, is calculated from the radii of 12H and 94Be and is 1.4 MeV.

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43.41: a)  12 H  94 Be  ZA X  42 He.

So 2  9  A  4  A  7 and 1  4  Z  2 
Z  3, so X is 7
3 Li.
b)  m  M ( H)  M ( 94 Be)  M ( 37 Li)  M ( 42 He)
2
1
 2.014102 u  9.012182 u  7.016003 u  4.002603 u
 
 7.678  10 3 u.
So E  (m)c 2  (7.678  10 3 u) (931.5 MeV u )  7.152 MeV.
c) The threshold energy is taken to be the potential energy of the two reactants when
they just “touch.” So we need to know their radii:
r2H  (1.2  10 15 m) (2)1 3  1.5  10 15 m
r9Be  (1.2  10 15 m) (9)1 3  2.5  10 15 m
So the centers’ separation is r  4.0  10 15 m
1 q q 4(1.60  1019 C) 2
Thus U   H Be   2.3  1013 J
4πε0 r 4πε0 (4.0  1015 m)
 U  1.4  10 6 eV  1.4 MeV.

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