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The value seems to vary, depending on what source you refer to.
madsci.org states a few billion tons. #1
exitmundi.nl states 400 million tons. #2
NASA.gov/qa_sun.html states 600 million tons. #3
funtrivia.com states 600 - 700 million tons. #4
wikipedia.org/ states 600 million metric tons. #5
Whereas
phy6.org/stargaze/Lsun2vue.htm states a million tons. #6
mb-soft.com/public2/sunworks.html states 4 million tons. #7
There is little difference between a long, short or metric ton.
So the consensus is on about 600 million tons per second!!
Of the 600 million tonnes of Hydrogen used, 596 million tons of Helium is created with only 4 million tons being converted into pure energy.
For comparison, the mass of the Earth is about 5.97×1021 tons. This would mean the Sun would consume the mass of the Earth in about 315,500 years.
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By fusion, the sun "burns" about 564 million tons hydrogen per second, resulting in 559.7 million tons of helium. The loss of mass, about 4.3 million tons per second, is transformed into energy. But don't worry, it's only 0.0000000000000000002 percent of the sun's entire mass.
Dr.B.N.Arudhradharasenam, Tagore Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, India.
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The sun produces 4 billion kilograms of energy per second..
How much does the suns mass decrease every second in tons?
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How much gas does the sun burn each second?
600 million tons of hydrogen per second!
How much gallons of helium does the sun consume every second?
Practically none: the sun is fusing vast quantities of hydrogen into helium every second, and you wouldn't measure it in gallons, any self-respecting scientist would use a metric system and talk of tonnes. The sun consumes about 7 x 10^8 tonnes of hydrogen per second.
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3.40 billion
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The formula for ammonia is NH3. That means that for every nitrogen atom, there are 3 atoms of hydrogen.
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How much do turtles eat?
Every 1 second
How much much weight do you lose doing push ups?
You burn 21 calories every 10 push-ups.
How much hydrogen is there in a glass of water?
It depends on the size of the glass of water. There is 1 gram of hydrogen in every 9 milliliters (.3 fluid ounces) of water.
Why do you have so much light?
If what you meant to ask was "Why do WE have so much light?" Because of the sun, which makes upover 99% of all of the mass in our solar system. Converting 700 million tons of hydrogen into 690 million tons of helium every second creates a lot of light!
Why don't high-mass stars live longer?
Massive stars have much greater pressure on their cores, causing them to burn hydrogen (the fuel) more quickly.
How much water pours over Victoria every second?
about 25-40 inches every week
Why does a lighted match stick put out when brought near a jar containing hydrogen?
A match won't light in hydrogen. It needs some oxygen.If you light a match in a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, you'll ignite the hydrogen ...which also wants very much to burn in oxygen. The hydrogen will combine (burn) withthe oxygen instantly, brightly, and possibly loudly. The product that remains after thehydrogen finishes burning is H2O .
