Fission and Fusion Processes

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Fission and Fusion Processes: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Nuclear Fission, Nuclear Fusion, Atom Bomb, Nuclear Chain Reaction, Critical Size and Critical Mass for an Atom Bomb, Hydrogen Bomb, Application of Nuclear Fission, etc.

Important Questions on Fission and Fusion Processes

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If the nucleons of a nucleus are separated far apart from each other, the sum of masses of all these nucleons is larger than the mass of the nucleus.

Calculate the energy released if    U 238  nucleus emits an   α particle.

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Atomic mass of   238 U=238.0508u

Atomic mass of   234 Th=234.04363u

Atomic mass of alpha-particle =4.00260uand1u=931 MeV c 2

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How many number of neutrons are released in a fission of U 235?

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How do you calculate fission rate?

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What percentage of fission is high?

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What is the mass of the product of nuclear fission reaction compared to the mass of the original product?

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What is fission yield curve?

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Identify nuclear fusion reaction

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Identify nuclear fusion reaction.

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If 200 MeV of energy is released in the fission of one nucleus of U92235, the number of nuclei that must undergo fission to release an energy of 1000 J is

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If 200 MeV energy is released in the fission of a single U235 nucleus, the number of fissions required per second to produce 1 kilowatt power shall be (Given 1 eV=1.6×10-19 J:

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What is the power output of 92U235 reactor if it takes 30 days to use up 2kg of fuel, and if each fission gives 185 MeV of usable energy?

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For a deuteron and an alpha particle, binding energies per nucleon are x1, and x2 respectively then the energy released Q in the fusion reaction is H12+12H+24He+Q :

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Identify which of the following is a fusion reaction.

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In the following reaction, find the value of 'X'.

U92235+n01(X)+Kr3692+3n01

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The number of ideal diffusion steps that would be required to produce 99.7% pure U-235 is

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A heavy nucleus xA=180 breaks into two nuclie yA=140 and zA=40. Energy released during fission reaction is:

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In the fusion reaction H12+H12He23+n01, the masses of deuteron, helium and neutron expressed in amu are 2.015, 3.017 and 1.009, respectively. If 1 kg of deuterium undergoes complete fusion, find the amount of total energy released. 1 amu=931.5 MeV.

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Which of the following is fusion process?

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Assuming that about 20 MeV of energy is released per fusion reaction 1H2+1H30n1+2He4, then the mass of 1H2 consumed per day in a fusion reactor of power 1 MW will approximately be

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The energy released in the explosion of an atom bomb is mainly due to ................