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Write the following steps in sequential order to calculate the binding energy of helium nucleus. Given the actual mass of helium is $(M)$ . (A) Determine the sum of the individual masses of constituents in $_{2} He^{4}$ (B) Note the actual mass of the nucleus $(M)$ , number of nucleons in helium is $4, M_{p}$ and $M_{n}$ . Find the number of protons and number of neutrons in the nucleus. (C) Calculate the binding energy of the nucleus from the formula, binding energy $= 931.5 \times Δ m$ (D) Calculate the mass defect of the given nucleus $(Δ m)$ .

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Write the following steps in sequential order to calculate the binding energy of helium nucleus. Given the actual mass of helium is

(M)

. (A) Determine the sum of the individual masses of constituents in

_{2} He^{4}

(B) Note the actual mass of the nucleus

(M)

, number of nucleons in helium is

4, M_{p}

and

M_{n}

. Find the number of protons and number of neutrons in the nucleus. (C) Calculate the binding energy of the nucleus from the formula, binding energy

= 931.5 \times Δ m

(D) Calculate the mass defect of the given nucleus

(Δ m)

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(B) Note the actual mass of the nucleus

(M)

, number of nucleus in helium is

4, M_{p}

and

M_{n}

are masses of proton and neutron. Find the number of protons and number of neutrons in the nucleus.
(A) Determine the sum of the individual masses of constituents in

_{2} He^{4}

.
(D) Calculate the mass defect of the given nucleus

(Δ m)

.
(C) Calculate the binding energy of the nucleus with expression, binding energy

= 931.5 \times Δ m

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Question Text	Write the following steps in sequential order to calculate the binding energy of helium nucleus. Given the actual mass of helium is $(M)$ . (A) Determine the sum of the individual masses of constituents in $_{2} He^{4}$ (B) Note the actual mass of the nucleus $(M)$ , number of nucleons in helium is $4, M_{p}$ and $M_{n}$ . Find the number of protons and number of neutrons in the nucleus. (C) Calculate the binding energy of the nucleus from the formula, binding energy $= 931.5 \times Δ m$ (D) Calculate the mass defect of the given nucleus $(Δ m)$ .
Topic	Nuclei
Subject	Physics
Class	Class 12
Answer Type	Text solution:1
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