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Calculate the proton separation energy for 40Ca.
Transcribed Image Text:Calculate the proton separation energy for 40Ca.
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Concept and Principle:
  • Nucleons inside the nucleus are bound together due to their binding energy. The energy required to remove all the nucleons will be equal to the binding energy.

 

  • Separation energy on the other hand is the amount of energy required to remove one nucleon.

 

  • Proton separation energy is the amount of energy that is required to remove one proton from the given nucleus.

EP=[M(A−1,Z−1)+mp−M(A,Z)]c2

Here M(A-1, Z-1) is the mass of the nucleus after it lost a proton, mp is the mass of the proton, M(A, Z) is the mass of the nucleus before it lost a proton and c is the speed of light.

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