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Calculate the nuclear binding energy for iron-58, which has a nuclear mass of 57.933817u. Take the mass of a proton to be 1.672x10¯27 kg and that of a neutron to be 1.674x10¯27 kg.

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Calculate the nuclear binding energy for iron-58, which has a nuclear mass of
57.933817u. Take the mass of a proton to be 1.672x10 27 kg and that of a
neutron to be 1.674x10¯27
kg.

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