Physics

Problem

For the oxygen-16 nucleus (

Z = 8

A = 16

) the mass of the nucleus is

15.99490\,\text u

. Using

m_p = 1.00728\,\text u

m_n = 1.00866\,\text u

and

1\,\text u = 931\,\text{MeV}/c^{2}

, find the approximate binding energy per nucleon of

^{16}\text O

. a)

9.3\;\text{MeV}

7.7\;\text{MeV}

14.3\;\text{MeV}

7.5\;\text{MeV}