Binding energy and

TransmutationPractice Problems

3.26.13WebAssign is due Monday, 4/1/13

(no, that’s not a joke…)

#1

OA nuclear reactor converts 2.5 kg of uranium fuel pellets to energy every hour. How much energy would be produced by this reactor in a 10-hour time period?

#2O What is the binding energy of a

Krypton-92 nucleus? The measured mass of Krypton-92 is 91.926153 u.

#3O Determine the binding energy per

nucleon for Uranium-235. The measured mass of Uranium-235 is 235.043923 u.

#4O During a nuclear transmutation, 2.50

MeV of energy was released. What was the mass defect for this reaction?

#5O Given that the atomic mass of Nickel-62

is measured to be 61.928348 u, determine:O A) the total binding energy

And

O B) the binding energy per nucleon

For a Nickel-62 nucleus.

#6O Energy released in a decay reaction

will be equal to the difference between the total energy of the parent nucleus and the total energy of the decay products (daughter product and decay particle).

O Determine the energy released during the alpha-decay of Radium-226.

#7O Given that the mass of Carbon-14 is

measured to be 14.003242 u, and the measured mass of nitrogen-14 is 14.003074 u, How much energy is released per atom when Carbon-14 undergoes beta- decay? How much total energy is released when 1 mol of Carbon-14 undergoes beta- decay? (remember beta- decay involves releasing an electron…)