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The element curium 96Cm248 has a mean life of 1013 s. Its primary decay modes are spontaneously fission and α decay, the former with a probability of 8% and the latter with a probability of 92%. Each fission releases 200 MeV of energy. The masses involved α decay are as follows:96Cm248=248.072220 u, 94Pu244=244.064100 u2He4=4.002603 u.Calculate the power output from a sample of 1020 Cm atoms (1u=931 MeVc2).

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The element curium 96Cm248 has a mean life of 1013 s. Its primary decay modes are spontaneously fission and α decay, the former with a probability of 8% and the latter with a probability of 92%. Each fission releases 200 MeV of energy. The masses involved α decay are as follows:

96Cm248=248.072220 u, 94Pu244=244.064100 u2He4=4.002603 u.

Calculate the power output from a sample of 1020 Cm atoms (1u=931 MeVc2).



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