Factors governing nuclear stability

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Factors governing nuclear stability: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as dependence of nuclear stability on binding energy per nucleon, binding energy per nucleon versus mass number graph, mass defect, binding energy, and binding energy per nucleon.

Important Questions on Factors governing nuclear stability

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In the nuclear process, C611B511+β++X, X stands for _______

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What is the unit of nuclear mass?

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What is the unit of nuclear energy?

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What is nuclear potential energy?

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Define magic numbers of nucleus of an atom.

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Explain the stability of nuclides based on the number of neutron and proton in the nucleus.

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What are the factors which decides nuclear stability?

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Which of the following statements are correct?

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Which of the following statements are correct?

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The mass defect of the nuclear reaction B854Be8+1e0 is Δm. The wrong expression is/are

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The mass defect of the nuclear reaction B854Be8+1e0 is Δm. The wrong expression is/are

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Mass of 1 amu gives energy equal to

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The nuclide lying below the stability belt in n-p graph does not disintegrate by

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A radioactive nuclide generally disintegrates by α-emission when its N/P ratio is

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The number of stable isotopes is the least when the number of neutrons and protons in the isotopes are, respectively,

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The binding energy per nucleon of O16 is 7.97 MeV and that of O17 is 7.75 MeV. The energy in MeV required to remove a neutron from O17 is

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The average binding energy per nucleon(in MeV) of Nb4193 having mass 92.906376 u is n. Write the value of n, where  denotes the greatest integer function.

(Given mp=1.0072796 umn=1.008665 u and 1 u=931 MeV/c2 )

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The question contains Statement 1 and Statement 2. Of the four choices given after the statements, choose the one that best describes the two statements.

Statement 1: Energy is released, when heavy nuclei undergo fission or light nuclei undergo fusion.
Statement 2: For heavy nuclei, the binding energy per nucleon increases with increasing Z, while for light nuclei, it decreases with increasing Z.

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Following data is available about 3 nuclei P, Q & R. Their decreasing order of stability is given by

Element P Q R
Atomic mass number A 10 5 6
Binding energy (MeV) 100 60 66

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Assertion: Out of nuclei 3X7 and 3Y4 , former is likely to be more stable.

Reason: Size of 3X7 is bigger than the size of 3Y4