What is packing fraction? How is it related to binding energy?
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This also means that a large amount of energy will be liberated if heavier nuclei can be divided into lighter ones in nuclear fission. Packing fraction: The ratio between mass defect and the mass number is called the packing fraction. Packing fraction means mass defect per nucleon.
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MORE IS THE MASS DEFECT, MORE NEGATIVE IS THE PACKING FRACTION AND HIGHER IS THE BINDING ENERGY PER NUCLEON AND MORE STABLE IS THE NUCLEUS THAT'S WHY THEIR GRAPHS ARE OPPOSITE.
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