Nuclear binding energy. Mass Defect and Binding Energy

domenica, Dicembre 20th, 2020

Nuclear binding energy,Mass Defect and Binding Energy

Exercise of Nuclear reactor physics by ing. Giorgio Bertucelli.

Rest mass of some nuclear subparticles:


In a nuclear reaction we must check the following mass and charge balances:


The subject of nuclear stability will be not treated at this point; a semi-empirical approach, based on nuclear masses, will be used here.

Mass Defect and Binding Energy

Definition
Nuclear Binding Energy= the work required to disintegrate a nucleus completely into Z protons and (A-Z) neutrons.
The binding energy may be calculated from the equations:


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