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Nuclear Binding Energy

Source of package openstax.nuclear · OpenStax University Physics, ch. 10 Nuclear Physics, module m58608

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<definition id="fs-id1170902957009"> <term>binding energy per nucleon (BEN)</term> <meaning id="fs-id1170902957432">energy need to remove a nucleon from a nucleus</meaning> </definition>

Referencing norms: BindingEnergyPerNucleon

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<definition id="fs-id1170902660658"> <term>binding energy (BE)</term> <meaning id="fs-id1170903010689">energy needed to break a nucleus into its constituent protons and neutrons</meaning> </definition>

Referencing norms: BindingEnergyIsMassDefectTimesCSquared

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<definition id="fs-id1170902940554"> <term>mass defect</term> <meaning id="fs-id1170903019514">difference between the mass of a nucleus and the total mass of its constituent nucleons</meaning> </definition>

Referencing norms: MassDefectIsTheDifference, atom_mass, hydrogen_atom_mass, neutron_mass

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