Nuclear Fission & Fusion
A star has helium composition. It starts to convert three into one via triple alpha process as . The mass of the star is and it generates energy at the rate of . The rate of converting these to is , where is _________. [ Take, mass of , mass of ]
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
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Answer: 5
- , so .
- Reactions per second .
- So .