The following fusion reaction is proposed in a laboratory experiment: Given atomic…

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Problem

The following fusion reaction is proposed in a laboratory experiment:

^{2}_{1}\text{H}+{}^{3}_{1}\text{H}\rightarrow{}^{4}_{2}\text{He}+{}^{1}_{0}\text{n}

Given atomic masses:

^{2}_{1}\text{H}=2.014102\,\text{u}

^{3}_{1}\text{H}=3.016049\,\text{u}

^{4}_{2}\text{He}=4.002603\,\text{u}

^{1}_{0}\text{n}=1.008665\,\text{u}

and

1\,\text{u}=931.5\,\text{MeV}/c^{2}

, calculate the energy released per fusion event in MeV.