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Binding energy or mass defect of a nucleus from the masses of its nucleons

This type of question, asked 5 times: 1 Feb 2023, 27 Jan 2024, 8 Apr 2024, 2 Apr 2026 S2, 5 Apr 2026 S2. All 5 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    1 Feb 2023

    16
    The mass of proton, neutron and helium nucleus are respectively 1.0073u,1.0087u1.0073u,1.0087u and 4.0015u4.0015u. The binding energy of helium nucleus is:

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  2. Question 2

    27 Jan 2024

    97
    The atomic mass of  6C12\ _{6}C^{12} is 12.000000u12.000000u and that of  6C13\ _{6}C^{13} is 13.003354u13.003354u. The required energy to remove a neutron from  6C13\ _{6}C^{13}, if mass of neutron is 1.008665u1.008665u, will be :

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  3. Question 3

    8 Apr 2024

    109
    If MoM_{o} is the mass of isotope  512B,Mp\ _{5}^{12}B,M_{p} and MnM_{n} are the masses of proton and neutron, then nuclear binding energy of isotope is:

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  4. Question 4

    2 Apr 2026 S2

    19
    The binding energy per nucleon of  83209Bi\ _{83}^{209}Bi is ____\_\_\_\_ MeV .[Take m( 83209Bi)=208.980388u,mp=1.007825um\left( \ _{83}^{209}Bi \right)= 208.980388u,m_{p}= 1.007825u, mn=1.008665u,1u=931MeV/c2m_{n}= 1.008665u,1u = 931MeV/c^{2} ]

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  5. Question 5

    5 Apr 2026 S2

    19
    Assuming the experimental mass of  612C\ _{6}^{12}C as 12 u , the mass defect of  612C\ _{6}^{12}C atom is ____\_\_\_\_ MeV/c2MeV/c^{2}. (Mass of proton =1.00727u= 1.00727u. mass of neutron =1.00866u,1u=931.5MeV/c2= 1.00866u,1u = 931.5MeV/c^{2} and c is the speed of the light in vacuum.)

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