Chapter 20, Problem 75AE

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The nuclear binding energy of $\text{M}\text{g}$ , that has an atomic mass of $23.9850u$ , mass of proton as $1.00728u$ , mass of neutron as $1.00866u$ , mass of electron as $5.486\times {10}^{-4}u$ and the speed of light is $2.9979\times {10}^8\raisebox{1ex}{$m$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$s$}\right.$ , needs to be determined.

Concept introduction: The minimum energy that is required to disassemble a nucleus of an atom, by separating its various components is known as the nuclear binding energy.