In the three reactions of

, find at which Q values each of these reactor fuels is “burning”, i.e. when plasma self-heating dominates over external heating. For D-D assume that the fusion products are not burned

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(a) D+T>4He + n + 17.6MEV { 3 He + n + 3.27MEV (50%) T +p+ 4.03MeV (50%) (b) D+D → (c) D+3He>4He + p + 18.3MEV (a) D+T>4He + n + 17.6MEV { 3 He + n + 3.27MEV (50%) T +p+ 4.03MeV (50%) (b) D+D → (c) D+3He>4He + p + 18.3MEV