Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Lee on Friday, April 25, 2008 at 8:11pm.

Is the mass of an atomic nucleus greater or less than the sum of the masses of the nucleons composing it? Why don't the nucleon masses add up to the total nuclear mass?

Physics - Damon, Friday, April 25, 2008 at 8:25pm
there is a small difference due to binding energy. E = m c^2, to get energy, you must lose mass.

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