Nuclear fusion is a process where
a. low mass nuclei are combined into heavier ones, absorbing energy in the process
b. low mass nuclei are combined into heavier ones, releasing energy in the process
c. high mass nuclei are broken-up into lighter ones, absorbing energy in the process
d. high mass nuclei are broken-up into lighter ones, releasing energy in the process
0.) none of the above

How many neutrons does element x have if it’s stormy umber is 33 and it’s mass number is 95?

As part of an industrial process, air as an ideal gas at 10 bar, 400k expands at steady state through a valve to a pressure of 4 bar. the mass flow rate of air is 0.5 kg/s. the air then passes through a heat exchanger where it is cooled to a temperature of 295k with negligible change in pressure. the valve can be modeled as a throttling process, and kinetic and potential energy effects can be neglected. (a) for a control volume enclosing the valve and heat exchanger and enough of the local surroundings that the heat transfer occurs at the ambient temperature of 295 k, determine the rate of entropy production, in kw/k. (b) if the expansion valve were replaced by an adiabatic turbine operating isentropically, what would be the entropy production? compare the results of parts (a) and (b) and discuss.

Atank has a shape of a cone with a radius at the top of 2 m and a height of 5 m. the tank also has a 1 m spout at the top of the tank. the tank is filled with water up to a height of 2 m. find the work needed to pump all the water out the top of the spout. (use 9.8 m/s2 for g and the fact that the density of water is 1000 kg/m3.)