The Sun radiates energy into space at the rate of 3.9 1026 J/s. (a) Calculate the

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The Sun radiates energy into space at the rate of 3.9 × 1026 J/s.
(a) Calculate the rate of mass loss from the Sun in kg/s.
(b) How does this mass loss arise?
(c) It is estimated that the Sun contains 9 × 1056 free protons. How many protons per second are consumed in nuclear reactions in the Sun?
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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