Recent content by rhombus

Okay -- that is reassuring. It is probably just a question of which coefficients were used - your result is not far from result given. Thanks!

Anything else to add? How does my work look?

Why? We are measuring a diameter in both cases, which is linear.

Homework Statement "A round plug made of brass has a diameter of 87.53 mm at 20 C. The plug is to be fitted to a steel ring of inside diameter 87.43 mm. To what common temperature must they be brought in order to fit?" The linear coefficient of expansion for brass: \alpha_{b} = 18.7 \cdot...

Yike. I must have been tired when I did this. My first mistake was switching the neutron and proton numbers. Secondly, my notation was not correct. The first mass is in fact the mass of the complete hydrogen atom, including electrons, so it does balance out the mass of the neutral U-235...

Homework Statement I am preparing a presentation on nuclear reactor technology. To demonstrate the mass-energy equivalence, I am trying to calculate the binding energy of some heavier isotopes. The problem is that, when I substitute the values that I have into the equation, I get a...