Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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Chapter 30 - Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity - Problems - Page 881: 15

Answer

7.699 MeV.

Work Step by Step

See Example 30-4. $^{15}_{7}N$ has seven protons and eight neutrons. Calculate the binding energy using the masses of the components and the mass of the nucleus. See Appendix B. $$E_{binding}=\left( 7m(^{1}_{1}H)+8m(^{1}_{0}n)-m(^{15}_{7}N)\right)c^2$$ $$ =\left( 7(1.007825u)+8(1.008665u)-(15.000109u)\right)c^2\left( \frac{931.49MeV/c^2}{u}\right)$$ $$ =115.49MeV$$ Binding energy per nucleon is 115.49MeV/15 nucleons = 7.699MeV/nucleon.
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