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The energy released in the fusion of 2 ~kg of hydrogen deep in the sun is E_H and the energy released in the fission of 2 ~kg of ^235 U is E_U. The…

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The energy released in the fusion of 2 kg2 \mathrm{~kg}2 kg of hydrogen deep in the sun is EHE_HEH​ and the energy released in the fission of 2 kg2 \mathrm{~kg}2 kg of 235U{ }^{235} \mathrm{U}235U is EUE_UEU​. The ratio EHEU\frac{E_H}{E_U}EU​EH​​ is approximately: (Consider the fusion reaction as 4∣H+2e−→24He+2v+6γ+26.7MeV4 \mid H+2 \mathrm{e}^{-} \rightarrow{ }_2^4 \mathrm{He}+2 v+6 \gamma+26.7 \mathrm{MeV}4∣H+2e−→24​He+2v+6γ+26.7MeV, energy released in the fission reaction of 235U{ }^{235} \mathrm{U}235U is 200MeV200 \mathrm{MeV}200MeV per fission nucleus and NA=\mathrm{N}_{\mathrm{A}}=NA​= 6.023×1023)\left.6.023 \times 10^{23}\right)6.023×1023)

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