Factors governing nuclear stability
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
In the nuclear process, stands for _______

What is the unit of nuclear mass?

What is the unit of nuclear energy?

What is nuclear potential energy?

Define magic numbers of nucleus of an atom.

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

What are the factors which decides nuclear stability?

Which of the following statements are correct?

Which of the following statements are correct?

The mass defect of the nuclear reaction is . The wrong expression is/are

The mass defect of the nuclear reaction is . The wrong expression is/are

Mass of gives energy equal to

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

A radioactive nuclide generally disintegrates by emission when its ratio is

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

The binding energy per nucleon of is and that of is . The energy in required to remove a neutron from is

The average binding energy per nucleon(in ) of having mass is . Write the value of , where denotes the greatest integer function.
(Given , and )

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 , while for light nuclei, it decreases with increasing .

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 |

Assertion: Out of nuclei and , former is likely to be more stable.
Reason: Size of is bigger than the size of
