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AP Physics 2
15.7 Fission, Fusion, and Nuclear Decay
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A potential nuclear fusion reactor relies on the reaction represented below:

\[ {}_1^2\text{H} + {}_1^3\text{H} \rightarrow {}_2^4\text{He} + {}_0^1\text{n} \]

The rest masses of the reacting and product particles are given in the table.

ParticleMass (\(\text{u}\))
\({}_1^2\text{H}\)\(2.0141\)
\({}_1^3\text{H}\)\(3.0160\)
\({}_2^4\text{He}\)\(4.0026\)
\({}_0^1\text{n}\)\(1.0087\)

Assuming \(1\text{ u} \approx 931.5\text{ MeV}/c^2\), what is the average energy released per nucleon of the initial reactants?

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