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IB Physics SL

Theme A — Space, Time and Motion

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Theme B — The Particulate Nature of Matter

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Theme C — Wave Behaviour

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Theme D — Fields

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Theme E — Nuclear and Quantum Physics

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Tools and Inquiry — IB Physics skills

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E.3.9 Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy – Check yourself

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1.
The mass of a stable nucleus compared with its separate nucleons is...
less
greater
equal
unrelated
2.
Which expression gives the binding energy?
Δm c
Δm / c2
Δm c2
Δm2 c
3.
A mass defect of 0.0200 u corresponds to a binding energy of about...
0.0200 MeV
18.6 MeV
46 MeV
931.5 MeV
4.
A nucleus with A = 20 has binding energy 160 MeV. The binding energy per nucleon is...
3200 MeV
180 MeV
0.125 MeV
8 MeV
5.
A higher binding energy per nucleon indicates a nucleus that is...
less stable
always radioactive
more tightly bound and more stable
always lighter
6.
Deuterium (A = 2) has total binding energy 2.2 MeV. The mass defect is about...
2.2 u
0.0024 u
0.024 u
1 u
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Part of Theme E — Nuclear and Quantum Physics — see every lesson and quiz in this unit.
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