The uncompressed radius of the fuel pellet of Sample Problem 43.05 is 20 (m. Suppose that the
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(a) How much energy is released in each such micro explosion of a pellet?
(b) To how much TNT is each such pellet equivalent? The heat of combustion of TNT is 4.6 MJ/kg.
(c) If a fusion reactor is constructed on the basis of 100 micro explosions per second, what power would be generated? (Part of this power would be used to operate the lasers.)
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ISBN: 978-1118230725
10th Extended edition
Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick
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