Question

Salient features of binding energy curve

Answer 1

The term "nuclear binding energy" may also refer to the energy balance in processes in which the nucleus splits into fragments composed of more than one nucleon. If new binding energy is available when light nuclei fuse, or when heavy nuclei split, either process can result in release of this binding energy. This energy may be made available as nuclear energy and can be used to produce electricity as in or in a nuclear weapon. When a large nucleus splits into pieces, excess energy is emitted as photons and as the kinetic energy of a number of different ejected particles

The nuclear binding energies and forces are on the order of a million times greater than the electron binding energies of light atoms like hydrogen.

The mass defect of a nucleus represents the mass of the energy of binding of the nucleus, and is the difference between the mass of a nucleus and the sum of the masses of the nucleons of which it is composed