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Airida [17]
3 years ago
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The combustion of a single molecule of methane produces about 10 ev of energy. a methane molecule has a mass of 16 amu. the fiss

ion of a uranium-235 atom produces about 189 mev of energy. based on these numbers, about what mass of methane will produce as much energy as a single gram of uranium-235?
Physics
1 answer:
Sidana [21]3 years ago
4 0
If one molecule of methane produces 10eV then we need:
n=\frac{189MeV}{10eV},
molecules of methane to get 189MeV.
n=\frac{189MeV}{10eV}=\frac{189}{10}\cdot 10^6=18900000
To get the mass we simply multiply this number by the mass of one molecule of methane.
m=16\cdot18900000=302400000amu
One atomic mass unit is:
amu=1.66053904\cdot 10^{-24}$g
There we would need:
m=302400000\cdot1.66053904\cdot 10^{-24}=5.0214701\cdot10^{-16}$g
grams of methane.
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