Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32162-592-7
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Chapter 30 - Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity - Problems - Page 881: 13

Answer

550 MeV

Work Step by Step

On page 861 it is stated that the average binding energy per nucleon between A=40 and A=80 is about 8.7 MeV. Multiply this value by the number of nucleons, 63. $(63)(8.7 MeV)=5.5\times10^2 MeV$
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