That's how many joules (the standard measurement of energy) you'd get from a kilogram of mass. In theory, if you could turn about seven billion hydrogen atoms completely to energy, you'd get about one joule (that's about as much energy as a 10-watt lightbulb consumes in a tenth of...
What is the mass of the same metal which can be deposited using a current of 1.5 A in 2 hours? If all the solid waste of 230 million tonnes were burned in waste-to-energy power plants that are 20% efficient: a) How many kilowatt-hours of electrical en...
(The equation assumes a uniform density of the planet under consideration, allowing for a rough estimate.) For the Earth, you need somewhere around 10^32 joules. Step 2: Find a source of energy That's a lot of energy. To give you some sense of the enormity of that number, in 2013 ...
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