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Roughly 0.0150% of the mass of ordinary water is due to 鈥渉eavy water,鈥 in which one of the two hydrogens in anH2O molecule is replaced with deuterium,H2 . How much average fusion power could be obtained if we 鈥渂urned鈥 all theH2 in 1.00 litre of water in 1.00 day by somehow causing the deuterium to fuse via the reactionH2+H2H3e+n ?

Short Answer

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The power output is 14.4 kW .

Step by step solution

01

Describe the expression for average kinetic energy

Let m be the mass of 1 litter of water, then the mass of the heavy water in 1 litter is 0.000150m .

The expression for number of molecules is given by,

N=0.00015mNAM..........(1)

Here, M is the molar mass of the heavy water, andNA is the number of molecules in one mole.

02

Find the average fusion power

A heavy water molecule contains one oxygen atom, one hydrogen atom and one deuterium atom so the molar mass of the heavy water will be as follows.

M=16.0+1.00+2.00g/mol=19g/mol

Substitute all the known values in equation (1).

N=0.000151000g/mol6.0221023mol-119g/mol=4.751021

This is the number of heavy water molecules (or deuterium), the deuterium fuse with another deuterium atom, according to the following reaction.

H2+H23He+n

So, the number of fusion events will be half of N .

Nfu=N2=4.7510212=2.3751021

The expression of power output is given by,

P=Et=NfuQt..........2

Here, E is total energy, and t is time.

Substitute all the known values in equation (2).

P=2.37510213.27MeV1.60210-13J/MeV243600s=1.44104W=14.4kW

Therefore, the power output is 14.4kW .

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