Assume the suns total energy output is 4.0 * 10^26 watts, and 1 watt is 1 joule/second. assume 4.3 * 10^-12 j is released from each p-p chain of reactions. use the energy yield from the proton-proton chain to determine how many proton-proton chain reactions must be happening each second in the solar core

Explanation:

Power is defined as the energy produced (E) per unit of time (t):

This means that the energy produced in the Sun each second (1 s), given the power , is

Each p-p chain reaction produces an amount of energy of

in order to get the total number of p-p chain reactions per second, we need to divide the total energy produced per second by the energy produced by each reaction:

found in the nucleus

has mass of one amu