Definitions Flashcards
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The mass defect
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The mass defect of a nucleus is the difference between the total mass of the separate nucleons and the mass of the combined nucleons
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One atomic mass unit
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it is defined as being equal to one twelfth of the mass of a carbon 12 atom
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The mass excess
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It refers to an atomic nucleus and it is the difference between mass of a nucleus and the sum of masses of all the protons and neutrons
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Binding energy
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It is the energy equivalent of the mass defect of a nucleus
It is the energy required to separate to infinity all the nucleons of the nucleus
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Binding energy (per nucleon)
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It is defined as the total energy needed to completely separate all the nucleons in a nucleus divided by the number of nucleons in the nucleus
