Answer to Question #98112 in Chemistry for Susan Shapiro

Question

After living most of their lives on the main sequence, stars then become giants that undergo “triple-alpha” fusion. This inner core process fuses 3 Helium atoms into 1 Carbon atom. The mass of 3 Helium atoms is 1.995 x 10-26 kg, and the mass of one C atom is 1.992 x 10-26 kg. Use this information, along with the speed of light, to calculate the amount of energy generated from the fusion of three He atoms into one C atom.

Your answer should have 3 decimal places and given as x 10-10 J. (e.g., 5.7 x 10-10 J should be entered as "5.700"). Keep in mind that if you use a calculator, you'll need to move the decimal point around a bit to get into the right order of magnitude..

Answer 1

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