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+// Ex19_5 Page:378 (2014)
+clc;clear;
+m_D = 1.66e-027; // Mass of the deutrium, kg
+m_1H2 = 2.014102; // Mass of deutrium, u
+m_1H3 = 3.01609; // Mass of the tritium, u
+m_1H1 = 1.007825; // Mass of protium, u
+Q = (2*m_1H2 - m_1H3 - m_1H1)*931.5; // Energy released per fusion, MeV
+E = 0.001/(2*m_D)*Q/2; // Energy released per gram of fuel, MeV
+printf("\nThe energy released per gram of fuel = %4.2e MeV", E);
+
+// Result
+// The energy released per gram of fuel = 6.02e+023 MeV
+// The answer provided in the textbook is wrong \ No newline at end of file