Apply the principle of mass-energy equivalence (E = mc2) to the ionization and recombination of an electron in a hydrogen atom. Knowing that the binding energy requred to ionize hydrogen from the ground state is 13.6 eV, what is the corresponding mass difference in gm between the bound (p+e) and unbound (p, e separated) state? Express the mass deficit  (Hint: This value is often called a "mass deficit." Express the mass deficit as a fraction of the mass of a proton.)

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Apply the principle of mass-energy equivalence (E = mc2) to the ionization and recombination of an electron in a hydrogen atom. Knowing that the binding energy requred to ionize hydrogen from the ground state is 13.6 eV, what is the corresponding mass difference in gm between the bound (p+e) and unbound (p, e separated) state? Express the mass deficit 

(Hint: This value is often called a "mass deficit." Express the mass deficit as a fraction of the mass of a proton.)

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