What Quantity of Energy Would Be Produced as One Atom

question 1

Multiple Choice

What quantity of energy would be produced as one atom of plutonium-238 undergoes alpha decay? The nuclide mass of ²³⁸Pu is 238.0495 amu (3.953 *10^-22 g) , and the nuclide mass of uranium-234 is 234.0409 amu (3.886 *10^-22 g) . Alpha particle mass is 6.64465 *10^-24g. The speed of light is 2.998 × 10? m/s.

• A) 6.0 *10^-7 J
• B) 5.0 * 10^-12 J
• C) 7.0 *10^-10 J
• D) 2.6 *10^-8 J
• E) 1.1 *10^-12 J

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