// Ex19_6 Page:379 (2014) clc;clear; e = 1.6e-019; // Charge on an electron, C k = 1.38e-023; // Boltzmann constant, J/K K = 8.99e+009; // Coulomb's constant, N-Sq.m/Sq.C r_d = 1.5e-015; // Radius of deutrium nucleus, m r_t = 1.7e-015; // Radius of tritium nucleus, m KE = K*e^2/(r_d + r_t)/2; // Kinetic energy for one particle, MeV T = 2*KE/(3*k); // Temperature required for the deutrium-tritium fusion to occur, K printf("\nThe temperature required for the deutrium-tritium fusion to occur = %1.0e K", T); // Result // The temperature required for the deutrium-tritium fusion to occur = 2e+009 K