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Sorry, posted it in the wrong place and couldn't figure out how to delete it, turns out I was using the tritium atomic mass rather than the mass of the nucleus so sorted now. And these sources: http://www.kutl.kyushu-u.ac.jp/seminar/MicroWorld3_E/3Part3_E/3P34_E/nuclear_fusion_E.htm...

ah, I think the value I used for tritium was the atomic mass rather than the mass of the nuclei... thanks very much!

Hi, I'm doing some coursework on nuclear fusion, and am trying to calculate the energy released by fusing a tritium and a deuterium atom together. I used the equation: ( Σ mass (reactants) - Σ mass (products) ) x 931.5 MeV/amu = Binding energy. and Deuterium + Tritium = Helium +...

Hi, I'm doing some coursework on nuclear fusion, and am trying to calculate the energy released by fusing a tritium and a deuterium atom together. I used the equation: ( Σ mass (reactants) - Σ mass (products) ) x 931.5 MeV/amu = Binding energy. and Deuterium + Tritium = Helium +...