Physics, asked by 1810emonkhan, 3 months ago

Why is the number of neutrons greater than the number of protons in stable nuclei
having A greater than about 40, and why is this effect more pronounced for the heaviest
nuclei?

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Answered by asuafi

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Coulomb repulsion grows for progressively heavier nuclei, but nuclear attraction remains about the same, and so BE/A becomes smaller. This is why stable nucleiheavier than A ≈ 40 have more neutrons than protons.

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Why is the number of neutrons greater than the number of protons in stable nuclei having A greater than about 40, and why is this effect more pronounced for the heaviest nuclei?

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Why is the number of neutrons greater than the number of protons in stable nuclei
having A greater than about 40, and why is this effect more pronounced for the heaviest
nuclei?