Question

What does mean by mass defect? Establish relation between mass defect and nuclear binding energy. And hence write the expression for binding energy per nucleon.

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Answer:

Nuclear binding energy is the energy required to split a nucleus of an atom into its components. ... The mass defect of a nucleus represents the mass of the energy binding 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.

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