1. Nuclear Chemistry Fission

2. Nuclear Fission Chain reaction that splits atoms and releases E as a result Reaction begins with a neutron  Used in weapons & nuclear power plants  238 U + 1 n  239 U  92 Kr + 141 Ba + 3 1 n

3. Yeah! Nuclear Power! Produces 3,000,000 times the energy as coal by mass Fission of 1 mole U-235 releases 2.0 x 10 10 kJ when 0.22 g is lost Coal and fossil fuels are nonrenewable energy sources

4. Yikes! Toxic Waste U-235 is present in rock but only 0.3% and expensive to mine Reaction can be “controlled” but not stopped once it is started Lots of toxic waste, for a long time (240,000 years) Reactor safety is an issue!

6. Anatomy of a Nuclear Power Plant

7. Nuclear reactors Fissionable uranium(IV) oxide (UO 2 ) is commonly used as fuel in nuclear reactors. Click box to view movie clip.

8. Power Plants in the world:

9. Fission Weapons:On August 6, 1945, a uranium-based weapon, "Little Boy", was let loose on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.August 61945Little Boy Hiroshima

10. Fat Man: Implosion-Type Bomb July 16, 1945, 1 st test “Trinity” The actual bomb, “Fat Man” dropped 3 days after “Little Boy”

11. Nuclear Chemistry Fusion

12. Two hydrogen nuclei “fuse” together to form a helium nuclei and release lots & lots of E Fuel of the stars! 2 H + 2 H  4 He

13. What’s good about fusion: Fuel is inexpensive & abundant 0.0000000000001 % of hydrogen in ocean would fuel the entire world for one year! No toxic waste Reaction can be stopped anytime Never-ending energy! Fission = 1 kg Uranium = 3,000,000 kg coal BUT 1 kg Hydrogen fusion = 40,000,000 kg of coal

14. Too good to be true? Needs to be very hot! Thermonuclear weapons, or Hydrogen bombs use several explosives: dynamite → fission to get heat → fusion! Power plants in research phase…TOKAMAK reactor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvISgdwMGRs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvISgdwMGRs Fe Man 2, scene 13 2,000,000 °Celsius to start reaction