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Nuclear Energy from Fission and Fusion

2015-12-06T02:36:16Z

Jeverett1995:

'''Nuclear Fission and Fusion'''

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(3,000,000 m/s)^2 = 5.85e-14 Joules.

Nuclear fusion happens when two particles of much smaller mass (deuterium or tritium, Atomic Numbers 2 and 3, respectively) collide at massive speeds to essentially "knock" a neutron off and convert it to energy. This process is much more powerful per KG of reactive material, largely because Uranium weighs more than 100 times as much as deuterium, but there is a similar amount of mass converted to energy in both reactions.

'''Contents'''

1 The Main Idea

1.1 A Mathematical Model

1.2 A Computational Model

2 Examples

2.1 Simple

2.2 Middling

2.3 Difficult

3 Connectedness

4 History

5 See also

5.1 Further reading

5.2 External links

6 References

'''The Main Idea'''
There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional fossil fuel burning. With environmental standards becoming more stringent every year, energy companies are forced to begin seeking options greener and more sustainable. The main advantage of nuclear energy is the sheer power per kg of raw material. For instance, 1KG of Uranium contains 2-3 million times more energy than 1KG of coal. Furthermore, the byproducts are radioactive, but come in much less volume and are all usually safely stored underground.

[[File:Fuspro.gif]]

[1]

Nuclear power plants have massive reactors which accelerate neutrons that are to be collided with uranium. These particles must possess enough energy to split the very powerful inter nuclear forces, and when this happens neutrons are then converted from mass to energy.

Fusion is not yet entirely harness able on a large scale, but there are multiple uses. Fusion bombs are significantly more powerful than the fission bombs from WWII. This is, as aforementioned, due to the power per KG being much higher with fusion than for fission.

'''
A Mathematical Model'''
As mentioned, the general equation E=MC^2 can provide significant insight on the energy production from fission. The energy created must have come from mass, and this mass's origin is not always entirely easy to follow and understand.

[[File:Mathpic.gif]]

[1]

As you can see, there is a tiny discrepancy in mass between the reactants and the products. The mass lost is all converted to energy by the equation E=MC^2 (but remember units! u and MeV can't be used with this equation!) Where E is in joules, c is in m/s and M is in KG.

[[File:Fusreac1.gif]]

[1]

One thing to note is just how high the energy required is to split up a nucleus. This is one of the reasons why nuclear energy can create so much power from such small masses.

This information all must mean something. Without nuclear fission and fusion, most particles' energy can be measured with just total Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy due to gravity. Using the '''rest energy''', kinetic energy and potential energy, a system's energy can now be be entirely represented in the case of a nuclear reaction taking place. The massive amount of energy can be accurately accounted for, assuming the masses of the particles before and after the reaction are known.

Examples[edit]

0.05AMU was lost as energy. How much energy was produced?

E = MC^2
C= 3,000,000
M = 0.05 * 1.66e-27 = 8.3e-29

E = (8.3e-29)(3,000,000)^2 = 7.47e-16 Joules

Two particles both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron collide into an alpha particle. The alpha particle has a mass of 4.00138 AMU. How much energy is produced?

Deutron Mass = 2 * (1 Proton + 1 Neutron) = 2 * (1.00728u + 1.00866u) = 4.03188 AMU.

Mass Difference = Mf - Mi = 4.00138 - 4.03188 = -0.0305 AMU

(-0.035 AMU * 1.66e-27kg) * (3,000,000)^2 = -5.22e-16 Joules

Two particles exist both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron. They collide, 1 particle at 5m/s, the other at 10m/s. The particle then becomes an alpha particle, which has mass 4.00153 AMU. Assuming the collision is completely elastic and all energy is converted to kinetic, what is the final speed of the alpha particle?

Total mass = 4.03188 AMU
Average Speed = 10+5/2 = 7.5 m/s

KEf + REf = KEi + REi

KEf + 1/2(4.00153*1.66e-27)(3,000,000)^2
= 1/2(4.03188*1.66e-27)*7.5^2 + 1/2(4.03188*1.66e-27)(3,000,000)^2

KEf = 2.267e-16
Vf = 261,269 m/s

Connectedness[edit]
Chemical Engineers have an obligation to the world to make energy production more efficient and more clean. Even with fossil fuel burning, the efficiency is drastically lower than 100% and thus millions of dollars are lost every year and the world continues to see increased CO2 emissions.

Nuclear energy is only 8% of the current energy used in the United States today. It is vastly underused, but quickly gaining ground as safety and knowledge of the process increases. It is still a very new field and the application of these powerful concepts is a whole problem in and of itself. When dealing with such radioactive, dangerous chemicals the utmost diligence must be kept. Thousands have been affected already by plant explosions and unsafe removal of the waste products. These are just a few of the main problems society is seeing with nuclear energy.

There is also an obligation for scientists to stray away from using these concepts for destruction and war. The potential energy associated with some of the new fusion bombs is surely enough to lead humanity into extinction. Furthermore, the lingering effects of radioactive decay can affect many more than those just within the blast radius.

History[edit]
James Chadwick first discovered the existence of a neutron in 1932. Frederic and Irene Curie then took this concept further and discovered that radioactive materials can be created in a lab, and not just found in nature. At this time, the knowledge of radioactivity and nuclear energy was limited to radium 232. The first ever nuclear reactor became fully operational on December 2nd, 1942.
The first nuclear power plant wasn't fully operational until June 27, 1954 and was built in Russia. It is called the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant. At the time, sustaining a nuclear power plant was much more expensive than maintaining a fossil fuel plant of similar size and output energy. Of course, engineers and scientists promised cheaper costs as further research was conducted. The first commercial power plant was built in Calder Hall, England in 1956. It produced 50 MW initially, but later was upgraded to reach outputs of 200 MW.
[2]
See also[edit]
For more specifics, look at energy. Also, there are a variety of specific ways radioactive energy is different than most energy experienced on earth. Also, radioactivity helped researchers gain insight toward quantum physics, which is one of the most popular concepts currently being studied.

References[edit]

[1] http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html
[2] https://wikipedia.org/NuclearPhysics

Category: Radioactivity

User:Jeverett1995

2015-12-06T02:31:04Z

Jeverett1995:

'''Nuclear Fission and Fusion'''

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(3,000,000 m/s)^2 = 5.85e-14 Joules.

Nuclear fusion happens when two particles of much smaller mass (deuterium or tritium, Atomic Numbers 2 and 3, respectively) collide at massive speeds to essentially "knock" a neutron off and convert it to energy. This process is much more powerful per KG of reactive material, largely because Uranium weighs more than 100 times as much as deuterium, but there is a similar amount of mass converted to energy in both reactions.

'''Contents'''

1 The Main Idea

1.1 A Mathematical Model

1.2 A Computational Model

2 Examples

2.1 Simple

2.2 Middling

2.3 Difficult

3 Connectedness

4 History

5 See also

5.1 Further reading

5.2 External links

6 References

'''The Main Idea'''
There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional fossil fuel burning. With environmental standards becoming more stringent every year, energy companies are forced to begin seeking options greener and more sustainable. The main advantage of nuclear energy is the sheer power per kg of raw material. For instance, 1KG of Uranium contains 2-3 million times more energy than 1KG of coal. Furthermore, the byproducts are radioactive, but come in much less volume and are all usually safely stored underground.

[[File:Fuspro.gif]]

[1]

Nuclear power plants have massive reactors which accelerate neutrons that are to be collided with uranium. These particles must possess enough energy to split the very powerful inter nuclear forces, and when this happens neutrons are then converted from mass to energy.

Fusion is not yet entirely harness able on a large scale, but there are multiple uses. Fusion bombs are significantly more powerful than the fission bombs from WWII. This is, as aforementioned, due to the power per KG being much higher with fusion than for fission.

'''
A Mathematical Model'''
As mentioned, the general equation E=MC^2 can provide significant insight on the energy production from fission. The energy created must have come from mass, and this mass's origin is not always entirely easy to follow and understand.

[[File:Mathpic.gif]]

[1]

As you can see, there is a tiny discrepancy in mass between the reactants and the products. The mass lost is all converted to energy by the equation E=MC^2 (but remember units! u and MeV can't be used with this equation!) Where E is in joules, c is in m/s and M is in KG.

[[File:Fusreac1.gif]]

[1]

One thing to note is just how high the energy required is to split up a nucleus. This is one of the reasons why nuclear energy can create so much power from such small masses.

This information all must mean something. Without nuclear fission and fusion, most particles' energy can be measured with just total Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy due to gravity. Using the '''rest energy''', kinetic energy and potential energy, a system's energy can now be be entirely represented in the case of a nuclear reaction taking place. The massive amount of energy can be accurately accounted for, assuming the masses of the particles before and after the reaction are known.

Examples[edit]

0.05AMU was lost as energy. How much energy was produced?

E = MC^2
C= 3,000,000
M = 0.05 * 1.66e-27 = 8.3e-29

E = (8.3e-29)(3,000,000)^2 = 7.47e-16 Joules

Two particles both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron collide into an alpha particle. The alpha particle has a mass of 4.00138 AMU. How much energy is produced?

Deutron Mass = 2 * (1 Proton + 1 Neutron) = 2 * (1.00728u + 1.00866u) = 4.03188 AMU.

Mass Difference = Mf - Mi = 4.00138 - 4.03188 = -0.0305 AMU

(-0.035 AMU * 1.66e-27kg) * (3,000,000)^2 = -5.22e-16 Joules

Two particles exist both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron. They collide, 1 particle at 5m/s, the other at 10m/s. The particle then becomes an alpha particle, which has mass 4.00153 AMU. Assuming the collision is completely elastic and all energy is converted to kinetic, what is the final speed of the alpha particle?

Total mass = 4.03188 AMU
Average Speed = 10+5/2 = 7.5 m/s

KEf + REf = KEi + REi

KEf + 1/2(4.00153*1.66e-27)(3,000,000)^2
= 1/2(4.03188*1.66e-27)*7.5^2 + 1/2(4.03188*1.66e-27)(3,000,000)^2

KEf = 2.267e-16
Vf = 261,269 m/s

Connectedness[edit]
Chemical Engineers have an obligation to the world to make energy production more efficient and more clean. Even with fossil fuel burning, the efficiency is drastically lower than 100% and thus millions of dollars are lost every year and the world continues to see increased CO2 emissions.

Nuclear energy is only 8% of the current energy used in the United States today. It is vastly underused, but quickly gaining ground as safety and knowledge of the process increases. It is still a very new field and the application of these powerful concepts is a whole problem in and of itself. When dealing with such radioactive, dangerous chemicals the utmost diligence must be kept. Thousands have been affected already by plant explosions and unsafe removal of the waste products. These are just a few of the main problems society is seeing with nuclear energy.

There is also an obligation for scientists to stray away from using these concepts for destruction and war. The potential energy associated with some of the new fusion bombs is surely enough to lead humanity into extinction. Furthermore, the lingering effects of radioactive decay can affect many more than those just within the blast radius.

History[edit]
James Chadwick first discovered the existence of a neutron in 1932. Frederic and Irene Curie then took this concept further and discovered that radioactive materials can be created in a lab, and not just found in nature. At this time, the knowledge of radioactivity and nuclear energy was limited to radium 232. The first ever nuclear reactor became fully operational on December 2nd, 1942.
The first nuclear power plant wasn't fully operational until June 27, 1954 and was built in Russia. It is called the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant. At the time, sustaining a nuclear power plant was much more expensive than maintaining a fossil fuel plant of similar size and output energy. Of course, engineers and scientists promised cheaper costs as further research was conducted. The first commercial power plant was built in Calder Hall, England in 1956. It produced 50 MW initially, but later was upgraded to reach outputs of 200 MW.
[2]

See also[edit]
For more specifics, look at energy. Also, there are a variety of specific ways radioactive energy is different than most energy experienced on earth. Also, radioactivity helped researchers gain insight toward quantum physics, which is one of the most popular concepts currently being studied.

References[edit]

[1] http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html
[2] https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Nuclear_Physics

Category: Radioactivity

Nuclear Energy from Fission and Fusion

2015-12-06T02:29:27Z

Jeverett1995: Created page with "'''Nuclear Fission and Fusion''' Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smal..."

'''Nuclear Fission and Fusion'''

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(3,000,000 m/s)^2 = 5.85e-14 Joules.

Nuclear fusion happens when two particles of much smaller mass (deuterium or tritium, Atomic Numbers 2 and 3, respectively) collide at massive speeds to essentially "knock" a neutron off and convert it to energy. This process is much more powerful per KG of reactive material, largely because Uranium weighs more than 100 times as much as deuterium, but there is a similar amount of mass converted to energy in both reactions.

'''Contents'''

1 The Main Idea

1.1 A Mathematical Model

1.2 A Computational Model

2 Examples

2.1 Simple

2.2 Middling

2.3 Difficult

3 Connectedness

4 History

5 See also

5.1 Further reading

5.2 External links

6 References

'''The Main Idea'''
There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional fossil fuel burning. With environmental standards becoming more stringent every year, energy companies are forced to begin seeking options greener and more sustainable. The main advantage of nuclear energy is the sheer power per kg of raw material. For instance, 1KG of Uranium contains 2-3 million times more energy than 1KG of coal. Furthermore, the byproducts are radioactive, but come in much less volume and are all usually safely stored underground.

[[File:Fuspro.gif]]

[1]

Nuclear power plants have massive reactors which accelerate neutrons that are to be collided with uranium. These particles must possess enough energy to split the very powerful inter nuclear forces, and when this happens neutrons are then converted from mass to energy.

Fusion is not yet entirely harness able on a large scale, but there are multiple uses. Fusion bombs are significantly more powerful than the fission bombs from WWII. This is, as aforementioned, due to the power per KG being much higher with fusion than for fission.

'''
A Mathematical Model'''
As mentioned, the general equation E=MC^2 can provide significant insight on the energy production from fission. The energy created must have come from mass, and this mass's origin is not always entirely easy to follow and understand.

[[File:Mathpic.gif]]

[1]

As you can see, there is a tiny discrepancy in mass between the reactants and the products. The mass lost is all converted to energy by the equation E=MC^2 (but remember units! u and MeV can't be used with this equation!) Where E is in joules, c is in m/s and M is in KG.

[[File:Fusreac1.gif]]

[1]

One thing to note is just how high the energy required is to split up a nucleus. This is one of the reasons why nuclear energy can create so much power from such small masses.

This information all must mean something. Without nuclear fission and fusion, most particles' energy can be measured with just total Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy due to gravity. Using the '''rest energy''', kinetic energy and potential energy, a system's energy can now be be entirely represented in the case of a nuclear reaction taking place. The massive amount of energy can be accurately accounted for, assuming the masses of the particles before and after the reaction are known.

Examples[edit]

0.05AMU was lost as energy. How much energy was produced?

E = MC^2
C= 3,000,000
M = 0.05 * 1.66e-27 = 8.3e-29

E = (8.3e-29)(3,000,000)^2 = 7.47e-16 Joules

Two particles both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron collide into an alpha particle. The alpha particle has a mass of 4.00138 AMU. How much energy is produced?

Deutron Mass = 2 * (1 Proton + 1 Neutron) = 2 * (1.00728u + 1.00866u) = 4.03188 AMU.

Mass Difference = Mf - Mi = 4.00138 - 4.03188 = -0.0305 AMU

(-0.035 AMU * 1.66e-27kg) * (3,000,000)^2 = -5.22e-16 Joules

Two particles exist both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron. They collide, 1 particle at 5m/s, the other at 10m/s. The particle then becomes an alpha particle, which has mass 4.00153 AMU. Assuming the collision is completely elastic and all energy is converted to kinetic, what is the final speed of the alpha particle?

Total mass = 4.03188 AMU
Average Speed = 10+5/2 = 7.5 m/s

KEf + REf = KEi + REi

KEf + 1/2(4.00153*1.66e-27)(3,000,000)^2
= 1/2(4.03188*1.66e-27)*7.5^2 + 1/2(4.03188*1.66e-27)(3,000,000)^2

KEf = 2.267e-16
Vf = 261,269 m/s

Connectedness[edit]
Chemical Engineers have an obligation to the world to make energy production more efficient and more clean. Even with fossil fuel burning, the efficiency is drastically lower than 100% and thus millions of dollars are lost every year and the world continues to see increased CO2 emissions.

Nuclear energy is only 8% of the current energy used in the United States today. It is vastly underused, but quickly gaining ground as safety and knowledge of the process increases. It is still a very new field and the application of these powerful concepts is a whole problem in and of itself. When dealing with such radioactive, dangerous chemicals the utmost diligence must be kept. Thousands have been affected already by plant explosions and unsafe removal of the waste products. These are just a few of the main problems society is seeing with nuclear energy.

There is also an obligation for scientists to stray away from using these concepts for destruction and war. The potential energy associated with some of the new fusion bombs is surely enough to lead humanity into extinction. Furthermore, the lingering effects of radioactive decay can affect many more than those just within the blast radius.

History[edit]
James Chadwick first discovered the existence of a neutron in 1932. Frederic and Irene Curie then took this concept further and discovered that radioactive materials can be created in a lab, and not just found in nature. At this time, the knowledge of radioactivity and nuclear energy was limited to radium 232. The first ever nuclear reactor became fully operational on December 2nd, 1942.
The first nuclear power plant wasn't fully operational until June 27, 1954 and was built in Russia. It is called the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant. At the time, sustaining a nuclear power plant was much more expensive than maintaining a fossil fuel plant of similar size and output energy. Of course, engineers and scientists promised cheaper costs as further research was conducted. The first commercial power plant was built in Calder Hall, England in 1956. It produced 50 MW initially, but later was upgraded to reach outputs of 200 MW.

See also[edit]
For more specifics, look at energy. Also, there are a variety of specific ways radioactive energy is different than most energy experienced on earth. Also, radioactivity helped researchers gain insight toward quantum physics, which is one of the most popular concepts currently being studied.

References[edit]

[1] http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html

Category: Radioactivity

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*[[Charge]]
*[[Spin]]
*[[SI Units]]
*[[Heat Capacity]]
*[[Specific Heat]]
*[[Wavelength]]
*[[Electrical Conductivity/Resistivity]]
*[[Malleability]]
*[[Ductility]]
*[[Weight]]
*[[Boiling Point]]
*[[Melting Point]]
*[[Inertia]]
*[[Non-Newtonian Fluids]]
*[[Ferrofluids]]
*[[Color]]
*[[Temperature]]
*[[Plasma]]
*[[Electron Mobility]]
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===Contact Interactions===
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
* [[Young's Modulus]]
* [[Friction]]
* [[Static Friction]]
* [[Tension]]
* [[Hooke's Law]]
*[[Centripetal Force and Curving Motion]]
*[[Compression or Normal Force]]
* [[Length and Stiffness of an Interatomic Bond]]
* [[Speed of Sound in Solids]]
* [[Iterative Prediction of Spring-Mass System]]
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===Momentum===
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
* [[Vectors]]
* [[Kinematics]]
* [[Conservation of Momentum]]
* [[Predicting Change in multiple dimensions]]
* [[Derivation of the Momentum Principle]]
* [[Momentum Principle]]
* [[Impulse Momentum]]
* [[Curving Motion]]
* [[Projectile Motion]]
* [[Multi-particle Analysis of Momentum]]
* [[Iterative Prediction]]
* [[Analytical Prediction]]
* [[Newton's Laws and Linear Momentum]]
* [[Net Force]]
* [[Center of Mass]]
* [[Momentum at High Speeds]]
* [[Change in Momentum in Time for Curving Motion]]
* [[Momentum with respect to external Forces]]
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===Angular Momentum===
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
* [[The Moments of Inertia]]
* [[Moment of Inertia for a cylinder]]
* [[Rotation]]
* [[Torque]]
* [[Systems with Zero Torque]]
[[Systems with Zero Torque*]]
* [[Systems with Nonzero Torque]]
* [[Torque vs Work]]
* [[Angular Impulse]]
* [[Right Hand Rule]]
* [[Angular Velocity]]
* [[Predicting the Position of a Rotating System]]
* [[Translational Angular Momentum]]
* [[The Angular Momentum Principle]]
* [[Angular Momentum of Multiparticle Systems]]
* [[Rotational Angular Momentum]]
* [[Total Angular Momentum]]
* [[Gyroscopes]]
* [[Angular Momentum Compared to Linear Momentum]]
*[[Torque 2]]

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===Energy===
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[The Photoelectric Effect]]
*[[Photons]]
*[[The Energy Principle]]
*[[Predicting Change]]
*[[Rest Mass Energy]]
*[[Kinetic Energy]]
*[[Potential Energy]]
**[[Potential Energy for a Magnetic Dipole]]
**[[Potential Energy of a Multiparticle System]]
**[[Graviational Potential Energy]]
*[[Work]]
**[[Work Done By A Nonconstant Force]]
*[[Work and Energy for an Extended System]]
*[[Thermal Energy]]
*[[Conservation of Energy]]
*[[Electric Potential]]
*[[Energy Transfer due to a Temperature Difference]]
*[[Gravitational Potential Energy]]
*[[Point Particle Systems]]
*[[Real Systems]]
*[[Spring Potential Energy]]
**[[Ball and Spring Model]]
*[[Internal Energy]]
**[[Potential Energy of a Pair of Neutral Atoms]]
*[[Translational, Rotational and Vibrational Energy]]
*[[Franck-Hertz Experiment]]
*[[Power (Mechanical)]]
*[[Transformation of Energy]]

*[[Energy Graphs]]
**[[Energy graphs and the Bohr model]]
*[[Air Resistance]]
*[[Electronic Energy Levels]]
*[[Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy]]
*[[Specific Heat Capacity]]
*[[The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution]]
*[[Electronic Energy Levels and Photons]]
*[[Energy Density]]
*[[Bohr Model]]
*[[Quantized energy levels]]
**[[Spontaneous Photon Emission]]
*[[Path Independence of Electric Potential]]
*[[Energy in a Circuit]]
*[[The Photovoltaic Effect]]
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===Collisions===
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
[[File:opener.png]]

*[[Collisions]]
Collisions are events that happen very frequently in our day-to-day world. In the realm of Physics, a collision is defined as any sort of process in which before and after a short time interval there is little interaction, but during that short time interval there are large interactions. When looking at collisions, it is first important to understand two very important principles: the Momentum Principle and the Energy Principle. Both principles serve use when talking of collisions because they provide a way in which to analyze these collisions. Collisions themselves can be categorized into 3 main different types: elastic collisions, inelastic collisions, maximally inelastic collisions. All 3 collisions will get touched on in more detail further on.
[[File:pe.png]]

*[[Elastic Collisions]]
A collision is deemed "elastic" when the internal energy of the objects in the system does not change (in other words, change in internal energy equals 0). Because in an elastic collision no kinetic energy is converted over to internal energy, in any elastic collision Kfinal always equals Kinitial.
[[File:Elco.png]]

*[[Inelastic Collisions]]
A collision is said to be "inelastic" when it is not elastic; therefore, an inelastic collision is an interaction in which some change in internal energy occurs between the colliding objects (in other words, change in internal energy does not equal 0). Examples of such changes that occur between colliding objects include, but are not limited to, things like they get hot, or they vibrate/rotate, or they deform. Because some of the kinetic energy is converted to internal energy during an inelastic collision, Kfinal does not equal Kinitial.
There are a few characteristics that one can search for when identifying inelasticity. These indications include things such as:
*Objects stick together after the collision
*An object is in an excited state after the collision
*An object becomes deformed after the collision
*The objects become hotter after the collision
*There exists more vibration or rotation after the collision
[[File:inve.gif]]

*[[Maximally Inelastic Collision]]
Maximally inelastic collisions, also known as "sticking collisions", are the most extreme kinds of inelastic collisions. Just as its secondary name implies, a maximally inelastic collision is one in which the colliding objects stick together creating maximum dissipation. This does not automatically mean that the colliding objects stop dead because the law of conservation of momentum. In a maximally inelastic collision, the remaining kinetic energy is present only because total momentum can't change and must be conserved.
[[File:inel.gif]]

*[[Head-on Collision of Equal Masses]]
The easiest way to understand this phenomenon is to look at it through an example. In this case, we can analyze it through the common game of billiards. Taking the two, equally massed billiard balls as the system, we can neglect the small frictional force exerted on the balls by the billiard table. The Momentum Principle states that in this head-on collision of billiard balls the total final momentum in the x direction must equal the total initial momentum. However, this alone does not give us the knowledge to know how the momentum will be divided up between the two balls. Considering the law of conservation of energy, we can more accurately depict what will happen. This will also allow for one to identify what kind of collision occurs (elastic, inelastic, or maximally inelastic). It is important to know that head-on collisions of equal masses do not have a definite type of collision associated with it.
[[File:momentum-real-life-applications-2895.jpg]] [[File:8ball.gif]]

*[[Head-on Collision of Unequal Masses]]
Just as with head-on collisions of equal masses, it is easy to understand head-on collisions of unequal masses by viewing it through an example. Let's take for example two balls of unequal masses like a ping-pong ball and a bowling ball. For the purpose of this example (so as to allow for no friction and no other significant external forces), let's imagine these objects collide in outer space inside an orbiting spacecraft. If there were to be a collision between the two, what would one expect to happen? One could expect to see the ping-pong ball collide with the bowling ball and bounce straight back with a very small change of speed. What one might not expect as much is that the bowling ball also moves, just very slowly. Again, this can all be explained through the conservation of momentum and the conservation of energy.
[[File:mi3e.jpg]]

*[[Frame of Reference]]
In the world of Physics, a frame of reference is the perspective from which a system is observed. It can be stationary or sometimes it can even be moving at a constant velocity. In some rare cases, the frame of reference moves at an nonconstant velocity and is deemed "noninertial" meaning the basic laws of physics do not apply. Continuing with the trend of examples, pretend you are at a train station observing trains as they pass by. From your stationary frame of reference, you observe that the passenger on the train is moving at the same velocity as the train. However, from a moving frame of reference, say from the eyes of the train conductor, he would view the train passengers as "anchored" to the train.
[[File:train.png]]

*[[Scattering: Collisions in 2D and 3D]]
Experiments that involve scattering are often used to study the structure and behavior of atoms, nuclei, as well as of other small particles. In an experiment like such, a beam of particles collides with other particles. If it is an atomic or nuclear collision, we are unable to observe the curving trajectories inside the tiny region of interaction. Instead, we can only truly observe the trajectories before and after the collision. This is only possible because the particles are at a farther distance apart and have a very weak mutual interaction; this essentially means that the particles are moving almost in a straight line. A good example which demonstrates scattering is the collision between an alpha particle (the nucleus of a helium atom) and the nucleus of a gold atom. One will understand this phenomenon more in depth after first understanding the Rutherford Experiment which will get touched on later.

*[[Rutherford Experiment and Atomic Collisions]]
In England in 1911, a famous experiment was performed by a group of scientists led by Mr. Ernest Rutherford. This experiment, later known as "The Rutherford Experiment", was a tremendous breakthrough for its time because it led to the discovery of the nucleus inside the atom. Rutherford's experiment involved the scattering of a high-speed alpha particle (now known as a helium nuclei - 2 protons and 2 neutrons) as it was shot at a thin gold foil (consisting of a nuclei with 79 protons and 118 neutrons). In the experiment, Rutherford and his team discovered that the velocity of the alpha particles was not high enough to allow the particles to make actual contact with the gold nucleus. Although they never actually made contact, it is still deemed a collision because there exists a sizable force between the alpha particle and the gold nucleus over a very short period of time. In conclusion, we say the alpha particle is "scattered" by its interaction with the nucleus of a gold atom and experiments like such are called "scattering" experiments.
[[File:ruthef.jpg]]

*[[Coefficient of Restitution]]
The coefficient of restitution is a measure of the elasticity in a collision. It is the ratio of the differences in velocities before and after the collision. The coefficient is evaluated by taking the difference in the velocities of the colliding objects after the collision and dividing by the difference in the velocities of the colliding objects before the collision.

All of the following information was collected from the Matter and Interactions 4th Edition physics textbook. The book is cited as follows...

Chabay, Ruth W., and Bruce A. Sherwood. "Chapter 10: Collisions." Matter & Interactions. Fourth Edition ed. Wiley, 2015. 383-409. Print.

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===Fields===
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* [[Electric Field]] of a
** [[Point Charge]]
** [[Electric Dipole]]
** [[Capacitor]]
** [[Charged Rod]]
** [[Charged Ring]]
** [[Charged Disk]]
** [[Charged Spherical Shell]]
** [[integrating the spherical shell]]
** [[Charged Cylinder]]
**[[A Solid Sphere Charged Throughout Its Volume]]
*[[Charge Density]]
*[[Superposition Principle]]
*[[Electric Potential]]
**[[Potential Difference Path Independence]]
**[[Potential Difference in a Uniform Field]]
**[[Potential Difference of point charge in a non-Uniform Field]]
**[[Potential Difference at One Location]]
**[[Sign of Potential Difference]]
**[[Potential Difference in an Insulator]]
**[[Energy Density and Electric Field]]
** [[Systems of Charged Objects]]
*[[Electric Force]]
*[[Polarization]]
**[[Polarization of an Atom]]
**[[Charged Conductor and Charged Insulator]]
**[[Polarization and Drift Speed]]
*[[Charge Motion in Metals]]
*[[Charge Transfer]]
**[[Electrostatic Discharge]]
*[[Magnetic Field]]
**[[Right-Hand Rule]]
**[[Direction of Magnetic Field]]
**[[Magnetic Field of a Long Straight Wire]]
**[[Magnetic Field of a Loop]]
**[[Magnetic Field of a Solenoid]]
**[[Bar Magnet]]
**[[Magnetic Dipole Moment]]
***[[Stern-Gerlach Experiment]]
**[[Magnetic Torque]]
**[[Magnetic Force]]
***[[Applying Magnetic Force to Currents]]
**[[Earth's Magnetic Field]]
**[[Atomic Structure of Magnets]]
*[[Combining Electric and Magnetic Forces]]
**[[Hall Effect]]
**[[Lorentz Force]]
**[[Biot-Savart Law]]
**[[Biot-Savart Law for Currents]]
**[[Integration Techniques for Magnetic Field]]
**[[Sparks in Air]]
**[[Motional Emf]]
**[[Detecting a Magnetic Field]]
**[[Moving Point Charge]]
**[[Non-Coulomb Electric Field]]
**[[Electric Motors]]
**[[Solenoid Applications]]
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===Simple Circuits===
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Components]]
*[[Steady State]]
*[[Non Steady State]]
*[[Charging and Discharging a Capacitor]]
*[[Work and Power In A Circuit]]
*[[Thin and Thick Wires]]
*[[Node Rule]]
*[[Loop Rule]]
*[[Resistivity]]
*[[Power in a circuit]]
*[[Ammeters,Voltmeters,Ohmmeters]]
*[[Current]]
**[[AC]]
*[[Ohm's Law]]
*[[Series Circuits]]
*[[Parallel Circuits]]
*[[RC]]
*[[Parallel Circuits vs. Series Circuits]]
*[[AC vs DC]]
**[[Rectification (Converting AC to DC)]]
*[[Charge in a RC Circuit]]
*[[Current in a RC circuit]]
*[[Circular Loop of Wire]]
*[[Current in a RL Circuit]]
*[[RL Circuit]]
*[[Feedback]]
*[[Transformers (Circuits)]]
*[[Resistors and Conductivity]]
*[[Semiconductor Devices]]
*[[Insulators]]
*[[Voltage]]
*[[Batteries]]
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===Maxwell's Equations===
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Gauss's Flux Theorem]]
**[[Electric Fields]]
***[[Examples of Flux Through Surfaces and Objects]]
**[[Magnetic Fields]]
**[[Proof of Gauss's Law]]
*[[Ampere's Law]]
**[[Magnetic Field of Coaxial Cable Using Ampere's Law]]
**[[Magnetic Field of a Long Thick Wire Using Ampere's Law]]
**[[Magnetic Field of a Toroid Using Ampere's Law]]
**[[The Differential Form of Ampere's Law]]
*[[Faraday's Law]]
**[[Curly Electric Fields]]
**[[Inductance]]
***[[Transformers (Physics)]]
***[[Energy Density]]
**[[Lenz's Law]]
***[[Lenz Effect and the Jumping Ring]]
**[[Lenz's Rule]]
**[[Motional Emf using Faraday's Law]]
*[[Ampere-Maxwell Law]]
*[[Superconductors]]
**[[Meissner effect]]
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===Radiation===
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*[[Producing a Radiative Electric Field]]
*[[Sinusoidal Electromagnetic Radiaton]]
*[[Lenses]]
*[[Energy and Momentum Analysis in Radiation]]
**[[Poynting Vector]]
*[[Electromagnetic Propagation]]
**[[Wavelength and Frequency]]
*[[Snell's Law]]
*[[Effects of Radiation on Matter]]
*[[Light Propagation Through a Medium]]
*[[Light Scaterring: Why is the Sky Blue]]
*[[Light Refraction: Bending of light]]
*[[Cherenkov Radiation]]
*[[Rayleigh Effect]]
*[[Image Formation]]
*[[Nuclear Energy from Fission and Fusion]]
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===Sound===
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*[[Doppler Effect]]
*[[Nature, Behavior, and Properties of Sound]]
*[[Speed of Sound]]
*[[Resonance]]
*[[Sound Barrier]]
*[[Sound Propagation in Water]]
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===Waves===
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*[[Bragg's Law]]
*[[Standing waves]]
*[[Gravitational waves]]
*[[Plasma waves]]
*[[Wave-Particle Duality]]
*[[Electromagnetic Spectrum]]
*[[Color Light Wave]]
*[[Rayleigh Wave]]
*[[Pendulum Motion]]
*[[Transverse and Longitudinal Waves]]
*[[Planck's Relation]]
*[[interference]]
*[[Polarization of Waves]]
*[[Angular Resolution]]
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===Real Life Applications of Electromagnetic Principles===
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*[[Scanning Electron Microscopes]]
*[[Maglev Trains]]
*[[Spark Plugs]]
*[[Metal Detectors]]
*[[Speakers]]
*[[Radios]]
*[[Ampullae of Lorenzini]]
*[[Electrocytes]]
*[[Generator]]
*[[Using Capacitors to Measure Fluid Level]]
*[[Cyclotron]]
*[[Railgun]]
*[[Magnetic Resonance Imaging]]
*[[Electric Eels]]
*[[Windshield Wipers]]
*[[Galvanic Cells]]
*[[Electrolytic Cells]]
*[[Magnetoreception]]
*[[Memory Storage Devices]]
*[[Electric Pickups]]
*[[Lightning]]

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===Optics===
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*[[Mirrors]]
*[[Refraction]]
*[[Quantum Properties of Light]]
*[[Lasers]]
*[[Lenses]]
*[[Dispersion and Scattering]]

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== Resources ==
* Commonly used wiki commands [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet Wiki Cheatsheet]
* A guide to representing equations in math mode [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_a_formula Wiki Math Mode]
* A page to keep track of all the physics [[Constants]]
* A page for review of [[Vectors]] and vector operations

User:Jeverett1995

2015-12-06T02:26:46Z

Jeverett1995:

'''Nuclear Fission and Fusion'''

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(3,000,000 m/s)^2 = 5.85e-14 Joules.

Nuclear fusion happens when two particles of much smaller mass (deuterium or tritium, Atomic Numbers 2 and 3, respectively) collide at massive speeds to essentially "knock" a neutron off and convert it to energy. This process is much more powerful per KG of reactive material, largely because Uranium weighs more than 100 times as much as deuterium, but there is a similar amount of mass converted to energy in both reactions.

'''Contents'''

1 The Main Idea

1.1 A Mathematical Model

1.2 A Computational Model

2 Examples

2.1 Simple

2.2 Middling

2.3 Difficult

3 Connectedness

4 History

5 See also

5.1 Further reading

5.2 External links

6 References

'''The Main Idea'''
There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional fossil fuel burning. With environmental standards becoming more stringent every year, energy companies are forced to begin seeking options greener and more sustainable. The main advantage of nuclear energy is the sheer power per kg of raw material. For instance, 1KG of Uranium contains 2-3 million times more energy than 1KG of coal. Furthermore, the byproducts are radioactive, but come in much less volume and are all usually safely stored underground.

[[File:Fuspro.gif]]

[1]

Nuclear power plants have massive reactors which accelerate neutrons that are to be collided with uranium. These particles must possess enough energy to split the very powerful inter nuclear forces, and when this happens neutrons are then converted from mass to energy.

Fusion is not yet entirely harness able on a large scale, but there are multiple uses. Fusion bombs are significantly more powerful than the fission bombs from WWII. This is, as aforementioned, due to the power per KG being much higher with fusion than for fission.

'''
A Mathematical Model'''
As mentioned, the general equation E=MC^2 can provide significant insight on the energy production from fission. The energy created must have come from mass, and this mass's origin is not always entirely easy to follow and understand.

[[File:Mathpic.gif]]

[1]

As you can see, there is a tiny discrepancy in mass between the reactants and the products. The mass lost is all converted to energy by the equation E=MC^2 (but remember units! u and MeV can't be used with this equation!) Where E is in joules, c is in m/s and M is in KG.

[[File:Fusreac1.gif]]

[1]

One thing to note is just how high the energy required is to split up a nucleus. This is one of the reasons why nuclear energy can create so much power from such small masses.

This information all must mean something. Without nuclear fission and fusion, most particles' energy can be measured with just total Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy due to gravity. Using the '''rest energy''', kinetic energy and potential energy, a system's energy can now be be entirely represented in the case of a nuclear reaction taking place. The massive amount of energy can be accurately accounted for, assuming the masses of the particles before and after the reaction are known.

Examples[edit]

0.05AMU was lost as energy. How much energy was produced?

E = MC^2
C= 3,000,000
M = 0.05 * 1.66e-27 = 8.3e-29

E = (8.3e-29)(3,000,000)^2 = 7.47e-16 Joules

Two particles both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron collide into an alpha particle. The alpha particle has a mass of 4.00138 AMU. How much energy is produced?

Deutron Mass = 2 * (1 Proton + 1 Neutron) = 2 * (1.00728u + 1.00866u) = 4.03188 AMU.

Mass Difference = Mf - Mi = 4.00138 - 4.03188 = -0.0305 AMU

(-0.035 AMU * 1.66e-27kg) * (3,000,000)^2 = -5.22e-16 Joules

Two particles exist both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron. They collide, 1 particle at 5m/s, the other at 10m/s. The particle then becomes an alpha particle, which has mass 4.00153 AMU. Assuming the collision is completely elastic and all energy is converted to kinetic, what is the final speed of the alpha particle?

Total mass = 4.03188 AMU
Average Speed = 10+5/2 = 7.5 m/s

KEf + REf = KEi + REi

KEf + 1/2(4.00153*1.66e-27)(3,000,000)^2
= 1/2(4.03188*1.66e-27)*7.5^2 + 1/2(4.03188*1.66e-27)(3,000,000)^2

KEf = 2.267e-16
Vf = 261,269 m/s

Connectedness[edit]
Chemical Engineers have an obligation to the world to make energy production more efficient and more clean. Even with fossil fuel burning, the efficiency is drastically lower than 100% and thus millions of dollars are lost every year and the world continues to see increased CO2 emissions.

Nuclear energy is only 8% of the current energy used in the United States today. It is vastly underused, but quickly gaining ground as safety and knowledge of the process increases. It is still a very new field and the application of these powerful concepts is a whole problem in and of itself. When dealing with such radioactive, dangerous chemicals the utmost diligence must be kept. Thousands have been affected already by plant explosions and unsafe removal of the waste products. These are just a few of the main problems society is seeing with nuclear energy.

There is also an obligation for scientists to stray away from using these concepts for destruction and war. The potential energy associated with some of the new fusion bombs is surely enough to lead humanity into extinction. Furthermore, the lingering effects of radioactive decay can affect many more than those just within the blast radius.

History[edit]
James Chadwick first discovered the existence of a neutron in 1932. Frederic and Irene Curie then took this concept further and discovered that radioactive materials can be created in a lab, and not just found in nature. At this time, the knowledge of radioactivity and nuclear energy was limited to radium 232. The first ever nuclear reactor became fully operational on December 2nd, 1942.
The first nuclear power plant wasn't fully operational until June 27, 1954 and was built in Russia. It is called the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant. At the time, sustaining a nuclear power plant was much more expensive than maintaining a fossil fuel plant of similar size and output energy. Of course, engineers and scientists promised cheaper costs as further research was conducted. The first commercial power plant was built in Calder Hall, England in 1956. It produced 50 MW initially, but later was upgraded to reach outputs of 200 MW.

See also[edit]
For more specifics, look at energy. Also, there are a variety of specific ways radioactive energy is different than most energy experienced on earth. Also, radioactivity helped researchers gain insight toward quantum physics, which is one of the most popular concepts currently being studied.

References[edit]

[1] http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html

Category: Radioactivity

User:Jeverett1995

2015-12-06T02:24:21Z

Jeverett1995:

'''Nuclear Fission and Fusion'''

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(3,000,000 m/s)^2 = 5.85e-14 Joules.

Nuclear fusion happens when two particles of much smaller mass (deuterium or tritium, Atomic Numbers 2 and 3, respectively) collide at massive speeds to essentially "knock" a neutron off and convert it to energy. This process is much more powerful per KG of reactive material, largely because Uranium weighs more than 100 times as much as deuterium, but there is a similar amount of mass converted to energy in both reactions.

'''Contents'''

1 The Main Idea

1.1 A Mathematical Model

1.2 A Computational Model

2 Examples

2.1 Simple

2.2 Middling

2.3 Difficult

3 Connectedness

4 History

5 See also

5.1 Further reading

5.2 External links

6 References

'''The Main Idea'''
There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional fossil fuel burning. With environmental standards becoming more stringent every year, energy companies are forced to begin seeking options greener and more sustainable. The main advantage of nuclear energy is the sheer power per kg of raw material. For instance, 1KG of Uranium contains 2-3 million times more energy than 1KG of coal. Furthermore, the byproducts are radioactive, but come in much less volume and are all usually safely stored underground.

[[File:Fuspro.gif]]

Nuclear power plants have massive reactors which accelerate neutrons that are to be collided with uranium. These particles must possess enough energy to split the very powerful inter nuclear forces, and when this happens neutrons are then converted from mass to energy.

Fusion is not yet entirely harness able on a large scale, but there are multiple uses. Fusion bombs are significantly more powerful than the fission bombs from WWII. This is, as aforementioned, due to the power per KG being much higher with fusion than for fission.

'''
A Mathematical Model'''
As mentioned, the general equation E=MC^2 can provide significant insight on the energy production from fission. The energy created must have come from mass, and this mass's origin is not always entirely easy to follow and understand.

[[File:Mathpic.gif]]

As you can see, there is a tiny discrepancy in mass between the reactants and the products. The mass lost is all converted to energy by the equation E=MC^2 (but remember units! u and MeV can't be used with this equation!) Where E is in joules, c is in m/s and M is in KG.

[[File:Fusreac1.gif]]

One thing to note is just how high the energy required is to split up a nucleus. This is one of the reasons why nuclear energy can create so much power from such small masses.

This information all must mean something. Without nuclear fission and fusion, most particles' energy can be measured with just total Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy due to gravity. Using the '''rest energy''', kinetic energy and potential energy, a system's energy can now be be entirely represented in the case of a nuclear reaction taking place. The massive amount of energy can be accurately accounted for, assuming the masses of the particles before and after the reaction are known.

Examples[edit]

0.05AMU was lost as energy. How much energy was produced?

E = MC^2
C= 3,000,000
M = 0.05 * 1.66e-27 = 8.3e-29

E = (8.3e-29)(3,000,000)^2 = 7.47e-16 Joules

Two particles both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron collide into an alpha particle. The alpha particle has a mass of 4.00138 AMU. How much energy is produced?

Deutron Mass = 2 * (1 Proton + 1 Neutron) = 2 * (1.00728u + 1.00866u) = 4.03188 AMU.

Mass Difference = Mf - Mi = 4.00138 - 4.03188 = -0.0305 AMU

(-0.035 AMU * 1.66e-27kg) * (3,000,000)^2 = -5.22e-16 Joules

Two particles exist both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron. They collide, 1 particle at 5m/s, the other at 10m/s. The particle then becomes an alpha particle, which has mass 4.00153 AMU. Assuming the collision is completely elastic and all energy is converted to kinetic, what is the final speed of the alpha particle?

Total mass = 4.03188 AMU
Average Speed = 10+5/2 = 7.5 m/s

KEf + REf = KEi + REi

KEf + 1/2(4.00153*1.66e-27)(3,000,000)^2
= 1/2(4.03188*1.66e-27)*7.5^2 + 1/2(4.03188*1.66e-27)(3,000,000)^2

KEf = 2.267e-16
Vf = 261,269 m/s

Connectedness[edit]
Chemical Engineers have an obligation to the world to make energy production more efficient and more clean. Even with fossil fuel burning, the efficiency is drastically lower than 100% and thus millions of dollars are lost every year and the world continues to see increased CO2 emissions.

Nuclear energy is only 8% of the current energy used in the United States today. It is vastly underused, but quickly gaining ground as safety and knowledge of the process increases. It is still a very new field and the application of these powerful concepts is a whole problem in and of itself. When dealing with such radioactive, dangerous chemicals the utmost diligence must be kept. Thousands have been affected already by plant explosions and unsafe removal of the waste products. These are just a few of the main problems society is seeing with nuclear energy.

There is also an obligation for scientists to stray away from using these concepts for destruction and war. The potential energy associated with some of the new fusion bombs is surely enough to lead humanity into extinction. Furthermore, the lingering effects of radioactive decay can affect many more than those just within the blast radius.

History[edit]
James Chadwick first discovered the existence of a neutron in 1932. Frederic and Irene Curie then took this concept further and discovered that radioactive materials can be created in a lab, and not just found in nature. At this time, the knowledge of radioactivity and nuclear energy was limited to radium 232. The first ever nuclear reactor became fully operational on December 2nd, 1942.
The first nuclear power plant wasn't fully operational until June 27, 1954 and was built in Russia. It is called the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant. At the time, sustaining a nuclear power plant was much more expensive than maintaining a fossil fuel plant of similar size and output energy. Of course, engineers and scientists promised cheaper costs as further research was conducted. The first commercial power plant was built in Calder Hall, England in 1956. It produced 50 MW initially, but later was upgraded to reach outputs of 200 MW.

See also[edit]
For more specifics, look at energy. Also, there are a variety of specific ways radioactive energy is different than most energy experienced on earth. Also, radioactivity helped researchers gain insight toward quantum physics, which is one of the most popular concepts currently being studied.

References[edit]
This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

Category: Radioactivity

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'''Nuclear Fission and Fusion'''

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(3,000,000 m/s)^2 =

Nuclear fusion happens when two particles of much smaller mass (deuterium or tritium, Atomic Numbers 2 and 3, respectively) collide at massive speeds to essentially "knock" a neutron off and convert it to energy. This process is much more powerful per KG of reactive material, largely because Uranium weighs more than 100 times as much as deuterium, but there is a similar amount of mass converted to energy in both reactions.

'''Contents'''

1 The Main Idea

1.1 A Mathematical Model

1.2 A Computational Model

2 Examples

2.1 Simple

2.2 Middling

2.3 Difficult

3 Connectedness

4 History

5 See also

5.1 Further reading

5.2 External links

6 References

'''The Main Idea'''
There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional fossil fuel burning. With environmental standards becoming more stringent every year, energy companies are forced to begin seeking options greener and more sustainable. The main advantage of nuclear energy is the sheer power per kg of raw material. For instance, 1KG of Uranium contains 2-3 million times more energy than 1KG of coal. Furthermore, the byproducts are radioactive, but come in much less volume and are all usually safely stored underground.

[[File:fuspro.gif]]

Nuclear power plants have massive reactors which accelerate neutrons that are to be collided with uranium. These particles must possess enough energy to split the very powerful inter nuclear forces, and when this happens neutrons are then converted from mass to energy.

Fusion is not yet entirely harness able on a large scale, but there are multiple uses. Fusion bombs are significantly more powerful than the fission bombs from WWII. This is, as aforementioned, due to the power per KG being much higher with fusion than for fission.

'''
A Mathematical Model'''
As mentioned, the general equation E=MC^2 can provide significant insight on the energy production from fission. The energy created must have come from mass, and this mass's origin is not always entirely easy to follow and understand.

[[File:mathpic.gif]]
As you can see, there is a tiny discrepancy in mass between the reactants and the products. The mass lost is all converted to energy by the equation E=MC^2 (but remember units! u and MeV can't be used with this equation!) Where E is in joules, c is in m/s and M is in KG.

[[File:fusreac1.gif]]

One thing to note is just how high the energy required is to split up a nucleus. This is one of the reasons why nuclear energy can create so much power from such small masses.

This information all must mean something. Without nuclear fission and fusion, most particles' energy can be measured with just total Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy due to gravity. Using the '''rest energy''', kinetic energy and potential energy, a system's energy can now be be entirely represented in the case of a nuclear reaction taking place. The massive amount of energy can be accurately accounted for, assuming the masses of the particles before and after the reaction are known.

A Computational Model[edit]
As one can imagine, visualizing a nuclear reaction isn't easy. A glowscript program represents

Examples[edit]

0.05AMU was lost as energy. How much energy was produced?

E = MC^2
C= 3,000,000
M = 0.05 *

Two particles both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron collide into an alpha particle. The alpha particle has a mass of 4.00138 AMU. How much energy is produced?

Two particles exist both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron. They collide, 1 proton at 5m/s, the other at 10m/s. The particle then becomes an alpha particle, which has mass 4.00153 AMU. Assuming the collision is completely elastic and all energy is converted to kinetic, what is the final speed of the alpha particle?

Connectedness[edit]
Chemical Engineers have an obligation to the world to make energy production more efficient and more clean. Even with fossil fuel burning, the efficiency is drastically lower than 100% and thus millions of dollars are lost every year and the world continues to see increased CO2 emissions.

Nuclear energy is only 8% of the current energy used in the United States today. It is vastly underused, but quickly gaining ground as safety and knowledge of the process increases. It is still a very new field and the application of these powerful concepts is a whole problem in and of itself. When dealing with such radioactive, dangerous chemicals the utmost diligence must be kept. Thousands have been affected already by plant explosions and unsafe removal of the waste products. These are just a few of the main problems society is seeing with nuclear energy.

There is also an obligation for scientists to stray away from using these concepts for destruction and war. The potential energy associated with some of the new fusion bombs is surely enough to lead humanity into extinction. Furthermore, the lingering effects of radioactive decay can affect many more than those just within the blast radius.

History[edit]
James Chadwick first discovered the existence of a neutron in 1932. Frederic and Irene Curie then took this concept further and discovered that radioactive materials can be created in a lab, and not just found in nature. At this time, the knowledge of radioactivity and nuclear energy was limited to radium 232. The first ever nuclear reactor became fully operational on December 2nd, 1942.
The first nuclear power plant wasn't fully operational until June 27, 1954 and was built in Russia. It is called the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant. At the time, sustaining a nuclear power plant was much more expensive than maintaining a fossil fuel plant of similar size and output energy. Of course, engineers and scientists promised cheaper costs as further research was conducted. The first commercial power plant was built in Calder Hall, England in 1956. It produced 50 MW initially, but later was upgraded to reach outputs of 200 MW.

See also[edit]
For more specifics, look at energy and

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]
This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

Category: Which Category did you place this in?

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User:Jeverett1995

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Jeverett1995:

'''Nuclear Fission and Fusion'''

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(3,000,000 m/s)^2 =

Nuclear fusion happens when two particles of much smaller mass (deuterium or tritium, Atomic Numbers 2 and 3, respectively) collide at massive speeds to essentially "knock" a neutron off and convert it to energy. This process is much more powerful per KG of reactive material, largely because Uranium weighs more than 100 times as much as deuterium, but there is a similar amount of mass converted to energy in both reactions.

'''Contents'''

1 The Main Idea

1.1 A Mathematical Model

1.2 A Computational Model

2 Examples

2.1 Simple

2.2 Middling

2.3 Difficult

3 Connectedness

4 History

5 See also

5.1 Further reading

5.2 External links

6 References

'''The Main Idea'''
There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional fossil fuel burning. With environmental standards becoming more stringent every year, energy companies are forced to begin seeking options greener and more sustainable. The main advantage of nuclear energy is the sheer power per kg of raw material. For instance, 1KG of Uranium contains 2-3 million times more energy than 1KG of coal. Furthermore, the byproducts are radioactive, but come in much less volume and are all usually safely stored underground.

[[File:fus pro.gif]]

Nuclear power plants have massive reactors which accelerate neutrons that are to be collided with uranium. These particles must possess enough energy to split the very powerful inter nuclear forces, and when this happens neutrons are then converted from mass to energy.

Fusion is not yet entirely harness able on a large scale, but there are multiple uses. Fusion bombs are significantly more powerful than the fission bombs from WWII. This is, as aforementioned, due to the power per KG being much higher with fusion than for fission.

'''
A Mathematical Model'''
As mentioned, the general equation E=MC^2 can provide significant insight on the energy production from fission. The energy created must have come from mass, and this mass's origin is not always entirely easy to follow and understand.

[[File:mathpic.gif]]
As you can see, there is a tiny discrepancy in mass between the reactants and the products. The mass lost is all converted to energy by the equation E=MC^2 (but remember units! u and MeV can't be used with this equation!) Where E is in joules, c is in m/s and M is in KG.

[[File:fus reac1.gif]]

One thing to note is just how high the energy required is to split up a nucleus. This is one of the reasons why nuclear energy can create so much power from such small masses.

This information all must mean something. Without nuclear fission and fusion, most particles' energy can be measured with just total Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy due to gravity. Using the '''rest energy''', kinetic energy and potential energy, a system's energy can now be be entirely represented in the case of a nuclear reaction taking place. The massive amount of energy can be accurately accounted for, assuming the masses of the particles before and after the reaction are known.

A Computational Model[edit]
As one can imagine, visualizing a nuclear reaction isn't easy. A glowscript program represents

Examples[edit]

0.05AMU was lost as energy. How much energy was produced?

E = MC^2
C= 3,000,000
M = 0.05 *

Two particles both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron collide into an alpha particle. The alpha particle has a mass of 4.00138 AMU. How much energy is produced?

Two particles exist both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron. They collide, 1 proton at 5m/s, the other at 10m/s. The particle then becomes an alpha particle, which has mass 4.00153 AMU. Assuming the collision is completely elastic and all energy is converted to kinetic, what is the final speed of the alpha particle?

Connectedness[edit]
Chemical Engineers have an obligation to the world to make energy production more efficient and more clean. Even with fossil fuel burning, the efficiency is drastically lower than 100% and thus millions of dollars are lost every year and the world continues to see increased CO2 emissions.

Nuclear energy is only 8% of the current energy used in the United States today. It is vastly underused, but quickly gaining ground as safety and knowledge of the process increases. It is still a very new field and the application of these powerful concepts is a whole problem in and of itself. When dealing with such radioactive, dangerous chemicals the utmost diligence must be kept. Thousands have been affected already by plant explosions and unsafe removal of the waste products. These are just a few of the main problems society is seeing with nuclear energy.

There is also an obligation for scientists to stray away from using these concepts for destruction and war. The potential energy associated with some of the new fusion bombs is surely enough to lead humanity into extinction. Furthermore, the lingering effects of radioactive decay can affect many more than those just within the blast radius.

History[edit]
James Chadwick first discovered the existence of a neutron in 1932. Frederic and Irene Curie then took this concept further and discovered that radioactive materials can be created in a lab, and not just found in nature. At this time, the knowledge of radioactivity and nuclear energy was limited to radium 232. The first ever nuclear reactor became fully operational on December 2nd, 1942.
The first nuclear power plant wasn't fully operational until June 27, 1954 and was built in Russia. It is called the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant. At the time, sustaining a nuclear power plant was much more expensive than maintaining a fossil fuel plant of similar size and output energy. Of course, engineers and scientists promised cheaper costs as further research was conducted. The first commercial power plant was built in Calder Hall, England in 1956. It produced 50 MW initially, but later was upgraded to reach outputs of 200 MW.

See also[edit]
For more specifics, look at energy and

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]
This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

Category: Which Category did you place this in?

User:Jeverett1995

2015-12-05T18:59:40Z

Jeverett1995:

Nuclear Fission and Fusion

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(3,000,000 m/s)^2 =

Nuclear fusion happens when two particles of much smaller mass (deuterium or tritium, Atomic Numbers 2 and 3, respectively) collide at massive speeds to essentially "knock" a neutron off and convert it to energy. This process is much more powerful per KG of reactive material, largely because Uranium weighs more than 100 times as much as deuterium, but there is a similar amount of mass converted to energy in both reactions.

Contents
1 The Main Idea
1.1 A Mathematical Model
1.2 A Computational Model
2 Examples
2.1 Simple
2.2 Middling
2.3 Difficult
3 Connectedness
4 History
5 See also
5.1 Further reading
5.2 External links
6 References

The Main Idea
There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional fossil fuel burning. With environmental standards becoming more stringent every year, energy companies are forced to begin seeking options greener and more sustainable. The main advantage of nuclear energy is the sheer power per kg of raw material. For instance, 1KG of Uranium contains 2-3 million times more energy than 1KG of coal. Furthermore, the byproducts are radioactive, but come in much less volume and are all usually safely stored underground.

Nuclear power plants have massive reactors which accelerate neutrons that are to be collided with uranium. These particles must possess enough energy to split the very powerful inter nuclear forces, and when this happens neutrons are then converted from mass to energy.

Fusion is not yet entirely harness able on a large scale, but there are multiple uses. Fusion bombs are significantly more powerful than the fission bombs from WWII. This is, as aforementioned, due to the power per KG being much higher with fusion than for fission.

A Mathematical Model
As mentioned, the general equation E=MC^2 can provide significant insight on the energy production from fission. The energy created must have come from mass, and this mass's origin is not always entirely easy to follow and understand.

-mathpic-
As you can see, there is a tiny discrepancy in mass between the reactants and the products. The mass lost is all converted to energy by the equation E=MC^2 (but remember units! u and MeV can't be used with this equation!) Where E is in joules, c is in m/s and M is in KG.

-difpic-

One thing to note is just how high the energy required is to split up a nucleus. This is one of the reasons why nuclear energy can create so much power from such small masses.

This information all must mean something. Without nuclear fission and fusion, most particles' energy can be measured with just total Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy due to gravity. Using the '''rest energy''', kinetic energy and potential energy, a system's energy can now be be entirely represented in the case of a nuclear reaction taking place. The massive amount of energy can be accurately accounted for, assuming the masses of the particles before and after the reaction are known.

A Computational Model[edit]
As one can imagine, visualizing a nuclear reaction isn't easy. A glowscript program represents

Examples[edit]

0.05AMU was lost as energy. How much energy was produced?

E = MC^2
C= 3,000,000
M = 0.05 *

Two particles both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron collide into an alpha particle. The alpha particle has a mass of 4.00138 AMU. How much energy is produced?

Two particles exist both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron. They collide, 1 proton at 5m/s, the other at 10m/s. The particle then becomes an alpha particle, which has mass 4.00153 AMU. Assuming the collision is completely elastic and all energy is converted to kinetic, what is the final speed of the alpha particle?

Connectedness[edit]
Chemical Engineers have an obligation to the world to make energy production more efficient and more clean. Even with fossil fuel burning, the efficiency is drastically lower than 100% and thus millions of dollars are lost every year and the world continues to see increased CO2 emissions.

Nuclear energy is only 8% of the current energy used in the United States today. It is vastly underused, but quickly gaining ground as safety and knowledge of the process increases. It is still a very new field and the application of these powerful concepts is a whole problem in and of itself. When dealing with such radioactive, dangerous chemicals the utmost diligence must be kept. Thousands have been affected already by plant explosions and unsafe removal of the waste products. These are just a few of the main problems society is seeing with nuclear energy.

There is also an obligation for scientists to stray away from using these concepts for destruction and war. The potential energy associated with some of the new fusion bombs is surely enough to lead humanity into extinction. Furthermore, the lingering effects of radioactive decay can affect many more than those just within the blast radius.

History[edit]
James Chadwick first discovered the existence of a neutron in 1932. Frederic and Irene Curie then took this concept further and discovered that radioactive materials can be created in a lab, and not just found in nature. At this time, the knowledge of radioactivity and nuclear energy was limited to radium 232. The first ever nuclear reactor became fully operational on December 2nd, 1942.
The first nuclear power plant wasn't fully operational until June 27, 1954 and was built in Russia. It is called the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant.

See also[edit]
Are there related topics or categories in this wiki resource for the curious reader to explore? How does this topic fit into that context?

Further reading[edit]
Books, Articles or other print media on this topic

External links[edit]
[1]

References[edit]
This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

Category: Which Category did you place this in?

User:Jeverett1995

2015-12-05T18:53:29Z

Jeverett1995:

Nuclear Fission and Fusion

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(3,000,000 m/s)^2 =

Nuclear fusion happens when two particles of much smaller mass (deuterium or tritium, Atomic Numbers 2 and 3, respectively) collide at massive speeds to essentially "knock" a neutron off and convert it to energy. This process is much more powerful per KG of reactive material, largely because Uranium weighs more than 100 times as much as deuterium, but there is a similar amount of mass converted to energy in both reactions.

Contents
1 The Main Idea
1.1 A Mathematical Model
1.2 A Computational Model
2 Examples
2.1 Simple
2.2 Middling
2.3 Difficult
3 Connectedness
4 History
5 See also
5.1 Further reading
5.2 External links
6 References

The Main Idea
There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional fossil fuel burning. With environmental standards becoming more stringent every year, energy companies are forced to begin seeking options greener and more sustainable. The main advantage of nuclear energy is the sheer power per kg of raw material. For instance, 1KG of Uranium contains 2-3 million times more energy than 1KG of coal. Furthermore, the byproducts are radioactive, but come in much less volume and are all usually safely stored underground.

Nuclear power plants have massive reactors which accelerate neutrons that are to be collided with uranium. These particles must possess enough energy to split the very powerful inter nuclear forces, and when this happens neutrons are then converted from mass to energy.

Fusion is not yet entirely harness able on a large scale, but there are multiple uses. Fusion bombs are significantly more powerful than the fission bombs from WWII. This is, as aforementioned, due to the power per KG being much higher with fusion than for fission.

A Mathematical Model
As mentioned, the general equation E=MC^2 can provide significant insight on the energy production from fission. The energy created must have come from mass, and this mass's origin is not always entirely easy to follow and understand.

-mathpic-
As you can see, there is a tiny discrepancy in mass between the reactants and the products. The mass lost is all converted to energy by the equation E=MC^2 (but remember units! u and MeV can't be used with this equation!) Where E is in joules, c is in m/s and M is in KG.

-difpic-

One thing to note is just how high the energy required is to split up a nucleus. This is one of the reasons why nuclear energy can create so much power from such small masses.

This information all must mean something. Without nuclear fission and fusion, most particles' energy can be measured with just total Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy due to gravity. Using the '''rest energy''', kinetic energy and potential energy, a system's energy can now be be entirely represented in the case of a nuclear reaction taking place. The massive amount of energy can be accurately accounted for, assuming the masses of the particles before and after the reaction are known.

A Computational Model[edit]
As one can imagine, visualizing a nuclear reaction isn't easy. A glowscript program represents

Examples[edit]

0.05AMU was lost as energy. How much energy was produced?

E = MC^2
C= 3,000,000
M = 0.05 *

Two particles both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron collide into an alpha particle. The alpha particle has a mass of 4.00138 AMU. How much energy is produced?

Two particles exist both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron. They collide, 1 proton at 5m/s, the other at 10m/s. The particle then becomes an alpha particle, which has mass 4.00153 AMU. Assuming the collision is completely elastic and all energy is converted to kinetic, what is the final speed of the alpha particle?

Connectedness[edit]
Chemical Engineers have an obligation to the world to make energy production more efficient and more clean. Even with fossil fuel burning, the efficiency is drastically lower than 100% and thus millions of dollars are lost every year and the world continues to see increased CO2 emissions.

Nuclear energy is only 8% of the current energy used in the United States today. It is vastly underused, but quickly gaining ground as safety and knowledge of the process increases. It is still a very new field and the application of these powerful concepts is a whole problem in and of itself. When dealing with such radioactive, dangerous chemicals the utmost diligence must be kept. Thousands have been affected already by plant explosions and unsafe removal of the waste products. These are just a few of the main problems society is seeing with nuclear energy.

There is also an obligation for scientists to stray away from using these concepts for destruction and war. The potential energy associated with some of the new fusion bombs is surely enough to lead humanity into extinction. Furthermore, the lingering effects of radioactive decay can affect many more than those just within the blast radius.

History[edit]
James Chadwick first discovered the existence of a neutron in 1932. Frederic and Irene Curie then took this concept further and discovered that radioactive materials can be created in a lab, and not just found in nature. At this time, the knowledge of radioactivity and nuclear energy was limited to that found in nature, in radium 232.
The first ever nuclear reactor became fully operational on December 2nd, 1942.
The first nuclear power plant wasn't fully operational until June 27, 1954 and was built in Russia. It is called the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant.
See also[edit]
Are there related topics or categories in this wiki resource for the curious reader to explore? How does this topic fit into that context?

Further reading[edit]
Books, Articles or other print media on this topic

External links[edit]
[1]

References[edit]
This section contains the the references you used while writing this page

Category: Which Category did you place this in?

User:Jeverett1995

2015-12-05T18:28:43Z

Jeverett1995:

Nuclear Fission and Fusion

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(3,000,000 m/s)^2 =

Nuclear fusion happens when two particles of much smaller mass (deuterium or tritium, Atomic Numbers 2 and 3, respectively) collide at massive speeds to essentially "knock" a neutron off and convert it to energy. This process is much more powerful per KG of reactive material, largely because Uranium weighs more than 100 times as much as deuterium, but there is a similar amount of mass converted to energy in both reactions.

Contents
1 The Main Idea
1.1 A Mathematical Model
1.2 A Computational Model
2 Examples
2.1 Simple
2.2 Middling
2.3 Difficult
3 Connectedness
4 History
5 See also
5.1 Further reading
5.2 External links
6 References

The Main Idea
There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional fossil fuel burning. With environmental standards becoming more stringent every year, energy companies are forced to begin seeking options greener and more sustainable. The main advantage of nuclear energy is the sheer power per kg of raw material. For instance, 1KG of Uranium contains 2-3 million times more energy than 1KG of coal. Furthermore, the byproducts are radioactive, but come in much less volume and are all usually safely stored underground.

Nuclear power plants have massive reactors which accelerate neutrons that are to be collided with uranium. These particles must possess enough energy to split the very powerful inter nuclear forces, and when this happens neutrons are then converted from mass to energy.

Fusion is not yet entirely harness able on a large scale, but there are multiple uses. Fusion bombs are significantly more powerful than the fission bombs from WWII. This is, as aforementioned, due to the power per KG being much higher with fusion than for fission.

A Mathematical Model
As mentioned, the general equation E=MC^2 can provide significant insight on the energy production from fission. The energy created must have come from mass, and this mass's origin is not always entirely easy to follow and understand.

-mathpic-
As you can see, there is a tiny discrepancy in mass between the reactants and the products. The mass lost is all converted to energy by the equation E=MC^2 (but remember units! u and MeV can't be used with this equation!) Where E is in joules, c is in m/s and M is in KG.

-difpic-

One thing to note is just how high the energy required is to split up a nucleus. This is one of the reasons why nuclear energy can create so much power from such small masses.

This information all must mean something. Without nuclear fission and fusion, most particles' energy can be measured with just total Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy due to gravity. Using the '''rest energy''', kinetic energy and potential energy, a system's energy can now be be entirely represented in the case of a nuclear reaction taking place. The massive amount of energy can be accurately accounted for, assuming the masses of the particles before and after the reaction are known.

A Computational Model[edit]
As one can imagine, visualizing a nuclear reaction isn't easy. A glowscript program represents

Examples[edit]

0.05AMU was lost as energy. How much energy was produced?

E = MC^2
C= 3,000,000
M = 0.05 *

Two particles both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron collide into an alpha particle. The alpha particle has a mass of 4.00138 AMU. How much energy is produced?

Two particles exist both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron. They collide, 1 proton at 5m/s, the other at 10m/s. The particle then becomes an alpha particle, which has mass 4.00153 AMU. Assuming the collision is completely elastic and all energy is converted to kinetic, what is the final speed of the alpha particle?

Connectedness[edit]
How is this topic connected to something that you are interested in?
How is it connected to your major?
Is there an interesting industrial application?
History[edit]
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Nuclear Fission and Fusion

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(8,000,000 m/s)^2 =

Nuclear fusion happens when two particles of much smaller mass (deuterium or tritium, Atomic Numbers 2 and 3, respectively) collide at massive speeds to essentially "knock" a neutron off and convert it to energy. This process is much more powerful per KG of reactive material, largely because Uranium weighs more than 100 times as much as deuterium, but there is a similar amount of mass converted to energy in both reactions.

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1 The Main Idea
1.1 A Mathematical Model
1.2 A Computational Model
2 Examples
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3 Connectedness
4 History
5 See also
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6 References
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There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional fossil fuel burning. With environmental standards becoming more stringent every year, energy companies are forced to begin seeking options greener and more sustainable. The main advantage of nuclear energy is the sheer power per kg of raw material. For instance, 1KG of Uranium contains 2-3 million times more energy than 1KG of coal. Furthermore, the byproducts are radioactive, but come in much less volume and are all usually safely stored underground.

Nuclear power plants have massive reactors which accelerate neutrons that are to be collided with uranium. These particles must possess enough energy to split the very powerful inter nuclear forces, and when this happens neutrons are then converted from mass to energy.

Fusion is not yet entirely harness able on a large scale, but there are multiple uses. Fusion bombs are significantly more powerful than the fission bombs from WWII. This is, as aforementioned, due to the power per KG being much higher with fusion than for fission.
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A Mathematical Model[edit]
As mentioned, the general equation E=MC^2 can provide significant insight on the energy production from fission. The energy created must have come from mass, and this mass's origin is not always entirely easy to follow and understand.

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As you can see, there is a tiny discrepancy in mass between the reactants and the products. The mass lost is all converted to energy by the equation E=MC^2 (but remember units! u and MeV can't be used with this equation!) Where E is in joules, c is in m/s and M is in KG.

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One thing to note is just how high the energy required is to split up a nucleus. This is one of the reasons why nuclear energy can create so much power from such small masses.

This information all must mean something. Without nuclear fission and fusion, most particles' energy can be measured with just total Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy due to gravity. Using the '''rest energy''', kinetic energy and potential energy, a system's energy can now be be entirely represented in the case of a nuclear reaction taking place. The massive amount of energy can be accurately accounted for, assuming the masses of the particles before and after the reaction are known.

A Computational Model[edit]
As one can imagine, visualizing a nuclear reaction isn't easy. A glowscript program represents

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Two particles exist both of which containing 1 proton and 1 neutron. They collide, 1 proton at 5m/s, the other at 10m/s. The particle then becomes an alpha particle, which has mass 4.00153 AMU. Assuming the collision is completely elastic and all energy is converted to kinetic, what is the final speed of the alpha particle?

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Nuclear Fission

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(8,000,000 m/s)^2 =

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2 Examples
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3 Connectedness
4 History
5 See also
5.1 Further reading
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6 References
The Main Idea[edit]
There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional fossil fuel burning. With environmental standards becoming more stringent every year, energy companies are forced to begin seeking options greener and more sustainable. The main advantage of nuclear energy is the sheer power per kg of raw material. For instance, 1KG of Uranium contains 2-3 million times more energy than 1KG of coal. Furthermore, the byproducts are radioactive, but come in much less volume and is safely stored underground.

Nuclear power plants have massive reactors which accelerate particles up to speeds near that of light.

A Mathematical Model[edit]
What are the mathematical equations that allow us to model this topic. For example dp⃗ dtsystem=F⃗ net where p is the momentum of the system and F is the net force from the surroundings.

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2015-12-05T16:56:40Z

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Nuclear Fission

Nuclear fission is quite simply described as the process by which a large atom (usually Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239) is broken into two smaller atoms. In this process, the mass of one or more neutrons is converted to energy and is expelled in massive amounts in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The equation E = MC^2 represents the energy of any given mass (M) when it is converted to energy. For example, if a neutron weighs 6.5e-27 kg, the energy resulting from it would equal (6.5e-27kg)(8,000,000 m/s)^2 =

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1.1 A Mathematical Model
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2 Examples
2.1 Simple
2.2 Middling
2.3 Difficult
3 Connectedness
4 History
5 See also
5.1 Further reading
5.2 External links
6 References
The Main Idea[edit]
There are many reasons nuclear power is preferred over conventional

A Mathematical Model[edit]
What are the mathematical equations that allow us to model this topic. For example dp⃗ dtsystem=F⃗ net where p is the momentum of the system and F is the net force from the surroundings.

A Computational Model[edit]
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