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Thomson's Discovery of Electrons

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The dependent of binding energy per nucleon $(B_{N})$ on the mass number A is represented by

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The average binding energy per nucleon for light nuclei is small. The mass numbers ranging from 2 to 20 are relatively more stable for whom we have sharply defined peaks. For mass numbers from 30 to 120 the graph will have a broad maximum and as the mass number increases further the B.E./nucleon falls gradually. These details need to be checked in the graph.

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X

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240

and binding energy per nucleon

7.6 M e V

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Y

and

Z

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110

and

130

the binding energy of nucleons in

Y

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X

of mass number

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and binding energy per nucleon

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is split into two fragment

Y

and

Z

of mass numbers

110

and

130

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Y

and

Z

8.5 M e V

per nucleon. Calculate the energy

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(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains the same
(d) varies in a way that depends on the actual value of A.

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The dependent of binding energy per nucleon (BN) on the mass number A is represented by

The dependent of binding energy per nucleon $(B_{N})$ on the mass number A is represented by