Physics

Problem

A deuteron (nucleus of

^2\!\mathrm{H}

) consists of one proton and one neutron. Data:

\mathrm{m_p}=1.00727\,\text{u}

\mathrm{m_n}=1.00866\,\text{u}

, mass of deuteron nucleus

=2.01355\,\text{u}

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

. a. (i) Compute the mass defect of the deuteron. b. (ii) Hence calculate its nuclear binding energy in MeV. c. (iii) Express the mass converted to energy as a percentage of the total mass of the separated nucleons.

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