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svetoff [14.1K]
3 years ago
15

A uranium-238 atom can break up into a thorium-234 atom and a particle called an alpha particle, αα-4. The numbers indicate the

inertias of the atoms and the alpha particle in atomic mass units (1 amuamu = 1.66 × 10−27 kg). When an uranium atom initially at rest breaks up, the thorium atom is observed to recoil with an x component of velocity of -2.2 × 10^5 m/s.
How much of the uranium atom's internal energy is released in the breakup?
Physics
1 answer:
alexdok [17]3 years ago
3 0

Answer: E = 5.80*10^-13 J

Explanation:

Given

We use the law of conservation of momentum to solve this

Momentum before breakup = momentum after breakup

0 = m1v1 + m2v2

0 = 238m * -2.2*10^5 + 4m * v2

0 = -523.6m m/s + 4m * v2

v2 * 4m = 523.6m m/s

v2 = 523.6 m m/s / 4m

v2 = 130.9*10^5 m/s

v2 = 1.31*10^7 m/s

Using this speed in the energy equation, we have

E = 1/2m1v1² + 1/2m2v2²

E = 1/2 * (238 * 1.66*10^-27) * -2.2*10^5² + 1/2 * (4 * 1.66*10^-27) * 1.31*10^7²

E = [1/2 * 3.95*10^-25 * 4.84*10^10] + [1/2 * 6.64*10^-27 * 1.716*10^14]

E = (1/2 * 1.911*10^-14) + (1/2 * 1.139*10^-12)

E = 9.56*10^-15 + 5.7*10^-13

E = 5.80*10^-13 J

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