Can someone explain me the concept of 'binding energy' of a nucleus? I don't want just the definition. I want clarity in this one. Please help
Answers
Answered by
1
Let's see it this way
as food material comes closer to your stomach...your stomach releases burps!!!
and food gets digested
in a similar way..when nucleons (protons and neutrons) come closer to each other....(I mean extremely close !!) they give out burps...Burps in the form of energy..known as Binding energy...and they form nucleus
so in order to break this nucleus... this amount of energy ( equal to binding energy) needs to be given to the nucleus to break it ...to separate each and every nucleon from each other
as food material comes closer to your stomach...your stomach releases burps!!!
and food gets digested
in a similar way..when nucleons (protons and neutrons) come closer to each other....(I mean extremely close !!) they give out burps...Burps in the form of energy..known as Binding energy...and they form nucleus
so in order to break this nucleus... this amount of energy ( equal to binding energy) needs to be given to the nucleus to break it ...to separate each and every nucleon from each other
brainymemesv2:
The binding energy is due to the nuclear forces between the nucleons. Right?
And nuclear forces are saturated
So heavy metals(with highly dense nucleus) should have same binding energy per nucleon as the number of nucleons 'around' another nucleon shoud remain the same for those elements with high density nucleus
But it's not so
yess... nuclear binding energy is due to nuclear forces between nucleons
The binding energy of a certain isotope of U is different from that of Th
Acc to my explanation given above these should be equal
But it's not so
I know I lack something in my explanation
Any help?
Similar questions