What Quantity of Energy Would Be Produced as 1

question 5

Multiple Choice

What quantity of energy would be produced as 1.00 kg of plutonium-238 undergoes alpha decay? The atomic mass of ²³⁸Pu is 238.0495 amu (3.953*10^-22 g) , and the atomic 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) 4.4 * 10¹³ J
• B) 3.5 * 10¹¹ J
• C) 6.2 *10^-10 J
• D) 1.3 * 10¹³ J
• E) 2.7 *10¹² J

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