Consider a spacecrafts power source consisting of210Po, which emits a 5.3-MeV alpha

Chapter 13, Problem 50

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Consider a spacecrafts power source consisting of210Po, which emits a 5.3-MeV alpha particle, t1/2 138days. (a) How many kg of 210Po are needed to initiallyproduce a power source of 5.0 kW? (b) If the powersource must produce 7.0 kW after 2.0 years in space,how much 210Po is needed?

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