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...
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 +...