Find the binding energy of , whose atomic mass is 12.019 u?
1 Answer
May 4, 2018
81 MeV
Explanation:
Nitrogen 12 consists of 7 protons (because it is nitrogen) and 5 neutrons (because 12 total nucleons - 7 protons = 5 neutrons). We can look up the masses of each of these individually:
So adding these up:
Therefore the change in mass is
The equivalent energy is