Copper Coin Nuclear Energy Simulation
Calculating energy to separate all nucleons in 3g of Copper-63
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Nuclear Energy Calculation
Copper-63 Atom
m = 62.92960 u
29 protons
34 neutrons
Coin Properties
Mass = 3.0 g
2.868 × 10²² atoms
Physical Constants
1 u = 931.5 MeV/c²
1 MeV = 1.6 × 10⁻¹³ J
Number of atoms (N) = (Nₐ × m') / Mass number
N = (6.023 × 10²³ × 3) / 63 = 2.868 × 10²² atoms
Mass defect per atom (Δm') = 29mₚ + 34mₙ - m(⁶³Cu)
Δm' = 29×1.007825 + 34×1.008665 - 62.9296 = 0.591935 u
Total mass defect (Δm) = 0.591935 × 2.868 × 10²² = 1.698 × 10²² u
Binding energy (E_b) = Δm × 931.5 MeV/c² × c²
E_b = 1.698 × 10²² × 931.5 = 1.581 × 10²⁵ MeV
E_b = 1.581 × 10²⁵ × 1.6 × 10⁻¹³ = 2.530 × 10¹² J
Energy required: 2.53 × 10¹² joules (2.53 terajoules)
