A Summary of the Nuclear Reactions That Power Our Sun

question 40

Multiple Choice

A summary of the nuclear reactions that power our sun is 4p → ⁴He + 2e^-,with masses of 938.272 MeV/c² for a proton,3727.38 MeV/c² for the helium nucleus,and 0.511 MeV/c² for each electron.How much energy is released by each of these reactions?

• A)24.69 MeV
• B)28.3 MeV
• C)2790.13 MeV
• D)279.01 MeV

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