Name: Beta Emission
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 8 min 33 s
Description: How do we measure the thickness of extremely thin sheets of paper or other material? Radioactivity plays a role! Learn how beta emissions are used in manufac...

Question

Draw a graph showing the variation of binding energy per nucleon vs. mass number

A

. In the graph, mark the region where nuclear fusion occurs. Also write the Mass Number Range.

Accepted Answer

The plot of binding energy per nucleon versus mass number is given below:

We use the above plot to understand the processes of nuclear fusion as follows:

Nuclear fusion: As seen from the plot, when we move from lighter nuclei to heavier nuclei, we again find that there will be gain in the overall binding energy and hence release of energy takes place. This indicates that energy can be released when two or lighter nuclei fuse together to form a heavy nucleus. This process is called nuclear fusion.

The nuclei having mass numbers below $20$ and above $180$ have relatively small binding energy and hence they are unstable.

The nuclei with the mass number $56$ and about $56$ have maximum binding energy $5 \cdot 8 MeV$ and so they are most stable.

Draw a graph showing the variation of binding energy per nucleon vs. mass number $A$ . In the graph, mark the region where nuclear fusion occurs. Also write the Mass Number Range.

Important Questions on Nuclei

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Draw a graph showing the variation of binding energy per nucleon vs. mass number A. In the graph, mark the region where nuclear fusion occurs. Also write the Mass Number Range.

Important Questions on Nuclei

Learn and Prepare for any exam you want !

Draw a graph showing the variation of binding energy per nucleon vs. mass number $A$ . In the graph, mark the region where nuclear fusion occurs. Also write the Mass Number Range.