A TV tube of glass with zero pressure inside and atmosphere pressure outside suddenly cracks and implodes. The volume of the tube is 2.60 10-2 m3. During the implosion, the atmosphere does work on the fragments of the tube and on the layer of air immediately adjacent to the tube. This amount of work represents the energy released in the implosion. Calculate this energy in Joules. If all of this energy is acquired by the fragments of the glass, what will be the mean speed of the fragments? The total mass of the glass is 1.7 kg.

A TV tube of glass with zero pressure inside and atmosphere pressure outside suddenly cracks and implodes. The volume of the tube is 2.60 10-2 m3. During the implosion, the atmosphere does work on the fragments of the tube and on the layer of air immediately adjacent to the tube. This amount of work represents the energy released in the implosion. Calculate this energy in Joules. If all of this energy is acquired by the fragments of the glass, what will be the mean speed of the fragments? The total mass of the glass is 1.7 kg.