Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy
 

Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy problem 7


  • Explain why the mass of an -particle is less than the total mass of two individual protons and two individual neutrons.


  • An equation for one possible nuclear reaction is




    Data for the masses of the nuclei are given in the table below.




    • Calculate the mass change, in , associated with this reaction.


    • Calculate the energy, in , associated with the mass change in (i).


 

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