20.5Transmutation and Nuclear Energy
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What this needs
Learn these first — this section will not make sense without them.
Nothing in the algebra book is a prerequisite for this section.
What this touches
Algebra that turns up here. Not a blocker, but this is where you will see it used.
Fusion and fission energy problems (e.g. the ¹H + ³H → ⁴He fusion exercise) repeat the mass-defect-to-energy chain from §20.2 — mass in amu converted to kg, multiplied by c², converted to kJ/mol — so the same scientific-notation exponent bookkeeping is the limiting skill, just applied to a fusion reaction instead of a single nuclide's binding energy.