Question

(a) If all the mass of a carbon-12 atom was converted into en-
ergy, how much would this be in both joules and electron volts?
(b) How much energy (in I) would be released by the conver-
sion of 1 kg of carbon to energy?
(c) A kilotonne of TNT releases 4.184 × 1012 J of energy. How
much carbon would you need to convert to energy to create an ex-
plosion the size of the largest hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll
(equivalent to about 15,000 kilotonnes of TNT)?

Answer 1

Answer:

How much energy (in J) would be released by the conversion of 1 kg of carbon to energy? (c) A kilotonne of TNT releases 4.184 x 1012 J of energy.

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