Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy
 

Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy problem 20


  • State what is meant by the binding energy of a nucleus.


  • Show that the energy equivalence of is .


  • Data for the masses of some particles and nuclei are given in the table below.




    Use the data from the table and information from (b) to determine, in ,


    • the binding energy of deuterium,


    • the binding energy per nucleon of zirconium.


 

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