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Nuclear binding energy

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Summary

The energy required to separate a nucleus into free nucleons, equal to its mass defect times c2c^2.

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Atomic nucleusNuclear binding energy

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Authored explanation

Nuclear binding energy measures the mass-energy difference from separated nucleons.

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The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.

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Binding energyNuclear binding energy

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Nuclear binding energy is the binding energy relative to specified separated nucleons or nuclear fragments.

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Nuclear binding energyNuclear mass defect

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Mass defect and total binding energy are related by mass–energy equivalence.

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Reinterpret an object, pass to an equivalent presentation, or relate canonically corresponding structures; the carrier may change.

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