You are working for an alternative energy company. Your supervisor has an idea for a new energy source. He wants to buil
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You are working for an alternative energy company. Your supervisor has an idea for a new energy source. He wants to buil
You are working for an alternative energy company. Your supervisor has an idea for a new energy source. He wants to build a matter-antimatter reactor that will convert the entire mass of the matter and antimatter into recoverable energy, with no waste. He has lofty ideas; he wants his reactor to provide energy to the entire world, replacing coal, fossil fuel, hydroelectric, wind, thermal, and nuclear energy sources in all countries. (a) He asks you to determine the mass (in kg) of the supply of antimatter that will need to be combined with matter to provide the world's needs for one year. The current energy consumption worldwide is about 4.0 x 1020 ] per year. 4444.44 The mass representing the total energy use for the world represents the total mass of matter and antimatter. kg (b) He also asks you to determine how large (in m3) the storage containers must be to hold a 7.0 yr supply of the antimatter while it is waiting to be used in the reactor. The antimatter will have approximately the density of aluminum, 2.70 g/cm? 7.76 Find the storage volume from the mass and density of the material. m3
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