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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Question 1
1 Feb 2023
16
The mass of proton, neutron and helium nucleus are respectively 1.0073u,1.0087u and 4.0015u. The binding energy of helium nucleus is:
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Question 2
27 Jan 2024
97
The atomic mass of 6C12 is 12.000000u and that of 6C13 is 13.003354u. The required energy to remove a neutron from 6C13, if mass of neutron is 1.008665u, will be :
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Question 3
8 Apr 2024
109
If Mo is the mass of isotope 512B,Mp and Mn are the masses of proton and neutron, then nuclear binding energy of isotope is:
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Question 4
2 Apr 2026 S2
19
The binding energy per nucleon of 83209Bi is ____ MeV .[Take m(83209Bi)=208.980388u,mp=1.007825u, mn=1.008665u,1u=931MeV/c2 ]
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Question 5
5 Apr 2026 S2
19
Assuming the experimental mass of 612C as 12 u , the mass defect of 612C atom is ____MeV/c2. (Mass of proton =1.00727u. mass of neutron =1.00866u,1u=931.5MeV/c2 and c is the speed of the light in vacuum.)