Answers to Selected Problems - West Valley College
Answers to Selected Problems - West Valley College
Answers to Selected Problems - West Valley College
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Problem Sets Physics 4D<br />
Answer the following:<br />
a) How much energy is released in the explosion of a fission bomb containing 3.0 kg of fissionable<br />
material? Assume that 0.10% of the mass is converted <strong>to</strong> energy.<br />
b) What mass of TNT would have <strong>to</strong> explode <strong>to</strong> provide this same energy release? Assume that each<br />
mole of TNT liberates 3.4 x 10 6 J of energy on exploding. The molecular mass of TNT is 0.227<br />
kg/mol.<br />
c) For the same mass of explosive, what is the ratio of the energy released in a nuclear explosion <strong>to</strong> that<br />
released in a TNT explosion?<br />
Answer(s)<br />
Melvin J. Vaughn Page 30 of 61 <strong>West</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>College</strong>
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