21ST CENTURY ASTR.:SOLAR..(LL)-PACKAGE
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Chapter 22, Problem 42QP

(a)

To determine

The energy that would be released when ordinary-matter and antimatter hydrogen atoms annihilated each other.

(b)

To determine

Compare the amount of energy with the energy released by one-megaton hydrogen bomb.

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