For the life of me I can't figure this out!
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Calling all College Students! I'm studying for a physics midterm Friday and while going over the review questions, I come across this question that has me TOTALLY stumped.
It says, "A deuteron is the nucleus of a hydrogen isotope and consists of one proton and one neutron. The plasma of deuterons in a nuclear fusion reactor must be heated to approximately 300 million K. What is the RMS speed of the deuterons? Is this a significant fraction of the speed of light c = 3*10^8 m/s? What would the temperature of the plasma be if the deuterons had an RMS speed equal to 0.10c?"
I started out by trying to find <Vrms>, so if I am doing this correctly, (mv^2)/2 = (3/2)KT so <v^2> = sqrt[(3KT)/m]. But then I am stuck at this point.
ARRGH! If anyone could help me figure this out it would be greatly appreciated!!!
It says, "A deuteron is the nucleus of a hydrogen isotope and consists of one proton and one neutron. The plasma of deuterons in a nuclear fusion reactor must be heated to approximately 300 million K. What is the RMS speed of the deuterons? Is this a significant fraction of the speed of light c = 3*10^8 m/s? What would the temperature of the plasma be if the deuterons had an RMS speed equal to 0.10c?"
I started out by trying to find <Vrms>, so if I am doing this correctly, (mv^2)/2 = (3/2)KT so <v^2> = sqrt[(3KT)/m]. But then I am stuck at this point.
ARRGH! If anyone could help me figure this out it would be greatly appreciated!!!
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I think its False?
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I think you should go kick the teacher square in the nuts and tell him where to shove his useless problems. (Assuming you're not planning on being a nuclear engineer that is)There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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This is what I did so far:
What kind of physics class doesn't use engineering paper?
Yes, definately kick the guy in the junk. What physics class is this anyway?There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin -
Edit: I see your picture now. Looks like your on the right track.
I think the second part about temperature at 0.10c would just be mc^2=(3/2)KT.AVR: Pioneer VSX-84TXSi (RIP - lightening) / Amp: Sunfire Cinema Grand / Klipsh R-10B Sounbar, LC65fx / Sub: Elemental Designs LT/1300 / TV: Panasonic TH-50PH9UK /SIZE] -
What kind of physics class doesn't use engineering paper?
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Poor handwriting? WTH, that's 10x better than mine. Just suprised that the paper isn't green with little blue boxes all over it, that's all.
I never had to really do plasma physics so I can't be much help on that front. If this is physics 101, I'm glad I'm not 10 years younger.There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin -
Edit: I see your picture now. Looks like your on the right track.
I think the second part about temperature at 0.10c would just be mc^2=(3/2)KT.
I'm thinking the same thing too. Looks like I'm on the right track but I can't get an answer.
As per the second part, I think you're right!
mc^2=(3/2)KT makes sense.
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Also - for the second problem, would T = [(mv_rms)^2]/(3K) work?
Still haven't figured out the first problem yet.polkaudio RT35 Bookshelves
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In your first equation, can you plug in K,m,T?
m = 2.6 x 10^-34 kg ? (not sure about the mass)
K = 1.38 x 10^-23 J/K
T = 300 million K
I get 6911528830 m/s or 6.9x10^9 m/sAVR: Pioneer VSX-84TXSi (RIP - lightening) / Amp: Sunfire Cinema Grand / Klipsh R-10B Sounbar, LC65fx / Sub: Elemental Designs LT/1300 / TV: Panasonic TH-50PH9UK /SIZE] -
In your first equation, can you plug in K,m,T?
m = 2.6 x 10^-34 kg ? (not sure about the mass)
K = 1.38 x 10^-23 J/K
T = 300 million K
I get 6911528830 m/s
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Hmm, the answer in the back of the book (this is an odd problem) is 1.9*10^6 m/s.
How in the world they got that is beyond me.
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The mass was wrong. I used 3.34*10^-27 kg from this source and it came out right.
http://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?mdAVR: Pioneer VSX-84TXSi (RIP - lightening) / Amp: Sunfire Cinema Grand / Klipsh R-10B Sounbar, LC65fx / Sub: Elemental Designs LT/1300 / TV: Panasonic TH-50PH9UK /SIZE] -
Thank you SO VERY MUCH!
Now I'm trying to figure out the second part, what is the RMS speed.
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As long as 0.10c is not considered a significant fraction of the speed of light then you can still use classical mechanics (1/2)mv^2.
T = [m(v_rms^2)]/(3K) Perhaps you mis-typed it, but notice the parentheses around v_rms.
I get 7.3E+10 m/sAVR: Pioneer VSX-84TXSi (RIP - lightening) / Amp: Sunfire Cinema Grand / Klipsh R-10B Sounbar, LC65fx / Sub: Elemental Designs LT/1300 / TV: Panasonic TH-50PH9UK /SIZE] -
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As long as 0.10c is not considered a significant fraction of the speed of light then you can still use classical mechanics (1/2)mv^2.
T = [m(v_rms^2)]/(3K) Perhaps you mis-typed it, but notice the parentheses around v_rms.
I get 7.3E+10 m/s
Yes, I mis-typed it. Still working on the problem right now, but...
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Finally figured it out. You're right, you can stil use classical mechanics (1/2)mv^2. Made the problem a whole lot easier and solvable.polkaudio RT35 Bookshelves
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pearsall001 wrote: »Who gives a ****!!! The only important math equation is one your CPA should know. To find a good one, just ask him how much is 2+2? The only correct answer is..."What do you want it to be". Now, that CPA's a keeper!!!!
Haha, that's very funny.
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Wow, that is REALLY neat handwriting. Holy cow if you think that's scrappy. If I could get my scanner working I'd scan a page of my notes...not exaggerating at all, half the time I can't read them. I loaned them to a classmate last fall and she gave them back to me the next class period having not copied them...because she couldn't read them! :eek:George Grand wrote: »
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audiobliss wrote: »Wow, that is REALLY neat handwriting. Holy cow if you think that's scrappy. If I could get my scanner working I'd scan a page of my notes...not exaggerating at all, half the time I can't read them. I loaned them to a classmate last fall and she gave them back to me the next class period having not copied them...because she couldn't read them! :eek:
Wow, if you think that is really neat, that's not even my "good" handwriting. I was doing that problem on the train.
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Ok, I took pics with my digital camera.
The first pic is just a random page of notes for my Old Testament class.
The second pic is an example of my 'neat' notes that I take when a classmate isn't there and I know they'll have to copy mine.George Grand wrote: »
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Actually, now that I look at it, that first page of notes actually appears to be neater than my typical page of notes.
I should've taken a picture of my notes for American Literature. Holy cow they're a mess! :eek:George Grand wrote: »
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Very neat, d00d.George Grand wrote: »
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