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Mass Defect

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Sections
Radioactive Decay
Band of Stability
Magic Numbers
First Order Half Life
Additional Practice
Alpha Decay
Beta Decay
Gamma Emission
Electron Capture
Positron Emission
Nuclear Fission
Mass Defect
Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear Transmutation
Additional Practice

Solution: The atomic masses of hydrogen-2 (deuterium), helium-4, and lithium-6 are 2.014102 amu, 4.002602 amu, and 6.0151228 amu, respectively. For 6Li, calculate the nuclear binding energy per nucleon.

Problem

The atomic masses of hydrogen-2 (deuterium), helium-4, and lithium-6 are 2.014102 amu, 4.002602 amu, and 6.0151228 amu, respectively. A graph shows that binding energy increases rapidly, levels off, and then declines slowly.

For 6Li, calculate the nuclear binding energy per nucleon.

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