Nuclear Binding Energy: A summary of the nuclear reactions that power our sun is 4p ? 4He + 2e-, with masses of 938.272 MeV/c2 for a proton, 3727.38 MeV/c2 for the helium nucleus, and 0.511 MeV/c2 for each electron. How much energy is released by each of these reactions?

A. 24.69 MeV
B. 28.3 MeV
C. 2790.13 MeV
D. 279.01 MeV


Answer: A

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Only 10% of the energy dissipated by the tungsten filament of an incandescent lamp is in the form of useful visible light. Consider a 100 W lamp with a 10 cm spherical glass bulb. Assuming an emissivity of 0.85 for the glass and ambient air temperature of 20°C, what is the temperature of the glass bulb?

GIVEN
• A spherical glass light bulb in air
• Bulb power consumption (P) = 100 W
• 10% of energy is in the form of visible light
• Diameter (D) = 10 cm = 0.1 m
• Bulb emissivity (?) = 0.85
• Ambient temperature (T?) = 20°C = 293 K
FIND
• The temperature of the glass bulb (Ts)
ASSUMPTIONS
• Ambient air is till
• The bulb has reached steady state
• The surrounding behave as a black body at T?
SKETCH

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