Binding Energy per Nucleon · Irodov #6.42

Physics · nuclear-physics

Problem

Calculate the binding energy per nucleon for

^{56}\text{Fe}

given: atomic mass

M(^{56}\text{Fe}) = 55.9349\;\text{u}

m_p = 1.00728\;\text{u}

m_n = 1.00866\;\text{u}

1\;\text{u} = 931.5\;\text{MeV}/c^2

. Iron-56 has

Z = 26

protons and

N = 30

neutrons.