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10.6 Exercise 8

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The power output of the Sun is 4×1026W.4 \times 10^{26} \text{W} . (a) If 90%90 \% of this energy is supplied by the proton-proton chain, how many protons are consumed per second? (b) How many neutrinos per second should there be per square meter at the surface of Earth from this process?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 3, 10.6 Nuclear Fusion, exercise 8

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