3 Fusion and Fission
3.a Fusion of Hydrogen-2 and Hydrogen-3
How many hydrogen-2 and hydrogen-3 atoms would be needed to produce 1 gram of a combined sample?
Assume the same number of atoms of each type.
Recall, the reaction between one pair of deuterium and tritium atoms releases approximately 17.8 MeV.
How much energy is released from the complete fusion of 1 gram of an equal mixture of deuterium (H-2)
and tritium (H-3)?