Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy
 

Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy problem 18


  • State what is meant by nuclear binding energy.


  • In one type of nuclear process, deuterium () undergoes the reaction




    State the name of this type of nuclear process.


  • The table below shows the masses of the particles involved in the reaction in (b).




    Calculate the energy released when of deuterium undergoes the reaction.


 

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