Chapter 20, Problem 20.10QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

To be defined the term of nuclear binding energy, nucleon, and Mass defect briefly .

Concept Introduction:

nuclear binding energy:

A quantitative   measure of nuclear      stability is the nuclear binding energy, which is the energy required to break up a nucleus into its component protons and neutrons.

This quantity represents the conversion of mass to energy that occurs during an exothermic nuclear reaction

Nucleon:

Nucleon is the collective name given to the members of the nucleus that is protons and neutrons.

Mass defect: The theoretical mass of a nucleus should be the sum mass of its constituent nucleons, however, when the mass is determined experimentally, it will turn out (for all nuclei) to be smaller than the theoretical mass. This mass difference is called the mass defect and the energy corresponding to this defect (E = ${\text{MC}}^{\text{2}}$ )is called the binding energy. Binding energy per nucleon is the binding energy divided by the number of nucleons.

To define: The nuclear binding energy, Nucleon, and  Mass defect.