WHAT IS BINDING ENERGY PER NUCLEON? HOW IT IS RELATED TO THE STABILITY OF THE NUCLEUS?

NUCLEAR  & ELECTROSTATIC FORCE:

The nuclear force is a short-range force viable up to 2 to 3 fermi from a nucleon. The nuclear force that ties the nucleons together in a core, is a lot more noteworthy than the electrostatic force of attraction that ties an electron to an atom.

NUCLEAR BINDING ENERGY:

BINDING ENERGY PER NUCLEON:

MASS DEFECT:

According to Einstein’s special theory of relativity, mass is the measure of the total energy of a system.

CALCULATING THE BINDING ENERGY PER NUCLEON FOR HELIUM NUCLEUS:

NUCLEAR BINDING ENERGY CURVE:

RESULTS FROM NUCLEAR BINDING ENERGY CURVE: 

Perhaps the main diagrams in physics are the chart of average binding energy per nucleon versus the mass number.

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