(a) How much energy is released in the explosion of a fission bomb containing 3.0 kg of fissionable material? Assume that 0.10% of the rest mass is converted to released energy.
(b) What mass of TNT would have to explode to provide the same energy release? Assume that each mole of TNT liberates 820,000 calories upon exploding. The molecular mass of TNT is 0.227 kg.
(c) For the same mass of explosive, how much more effective are fission explosions than TNT explosions? That is, find the ratio, fission/TNT, of the fraction of rest mass converted to released energy.