What quantity of energy would be produced as 1.00 g of plutonium-238 undergoes alpha decay? The nuclide mass of 238Pu is 238.0495 amu (3.953 *10-22 g) , and the nuclide mass of uranium-234 is 234.0409 amu (3.886 *10-22g) . Alpha particle mass is 6.64465 * 10-24g. The speed of light is 2.998 × 10? m/s.
A) 4.4 * 1010 J
B) 3.5 * 108 J
C) 6.2 *10-13 J
D) 1.3 * 1010 J
E) 2.7 * 109 J
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