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Standard X
Physics
Nuclear Fusion
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Question
Calculate the mass defect and binding energy per nucleon of
16
8
O
which has a mass
15.99491
a
m
u
.
Mass of neutron
=
1.008655
a
m
u
Mass of proton
=
1.007277
a
m
u
Mass of electron
=
0.0005486
a
m
u
1
a
m
u
=
931.5
M
e
V
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Solution
Δ
M
=
(
15.99491
−
8
×
1.007277
−
8
×
1.008655
)
=
−
0.13254
B
E
=
−
0.13254
×
931.5
BE/nucleon
=
7.716
M
e
v
/
n
u
c
l
e
o
n
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