Whats is volume of mass at the centre of the sun

[karen_lorr]

Thank you

 

[Orion1]

Whats is volume of mass at the center of the sun?

Total solar radius:
$$R_{\odot} = 6.955 \cdot 10^8 \; \text{m}$$
Inside 24% of the Sun's radius, 99% of the power has been generated, and by 30% of the radius, fusion has stopped nearly entirely.

Active solar core fusion radius:
$$r_f = 0.3 R_{\odot}$$
Average active fusion core volume:
$$V_f = \frac{4 \pi r_f^3}{3} = 3.805 \cdot 10^{25} \; \text{m}^3$$
$$\boxed{V_f = 3.805 \cdot 10^{25} \; \text{m}^3}$$

I am trying to get a visualization of dimension of a certain amount of mass within the core of the sun?

The proton–proton chain occurs around 9.2×10^37 times each second in the core of the Sun. This reaction uses four free protons (hydrogen nuclei).

Solar core fusion reaction rate:
$$\frac{dn}{dt} = 9.2 \cdot 10^{37} \; \frac{\text{fusions}}{\text{s}}$$
Solar mass fusion reaction rate:
$$\frac{dm}{dt} = 4 m_p \frac{dn}{dt} = 6.155 \cdot 10^{11} \; \frac{\text{kg}}{\text{s}}$$
$$m_p - \; \text{proton mass}$$
$$\boxed{\frac{dm}{dt} = 6.155 \cdot 10^{11} \; \frac{\text{kg}}{\text{s}}}$$

But if you could "see" it, how much space would this lot take up.

One-third the present volume of the Sun.

Reference:
Solar - core - Wikipedia

 

[jimgraber]

Simple nitpick: one third radius = 1/27 volume, or .3 radius -> .027 volume.
Still pretty large. I would have guessed much smaller.

Jim Graber